Interlocking clamps for piping and cable
AssigneeHilti Aktiengesellschaft
InventorHeinz Bisping
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Abstract
To interconnect clamps used for holding pipe, cable and the like, a detent is provided extending outwardly from one side surface of the clamp while a complementary opening is formed in the opposite side surface. The detent fits into the opening formed in another clamp for securing the two clamps together. The detents are shaped to provide a releasable interfit with the openings. Each side surface can include both a detent and an opening. The detents and openings or recesses can be provided at the junction of the side walls and base of the clamps.
Claims13
A clamp for holding pipe, cable and the like, said clamp comprising a pair of side walls each having an outwardly facing surface directed in the opposite direction to the outwardly facing surface of the other side wall and an inwardly facing surface directed toward the inwardly facing surface of the other said side wall, and a base interconnecting said side walls, each said side wall having a pair of spaced edges extending upwardly from said base, the inwardly facing surfaces of said side walls and said base forming an opening for holding pipe, cable and the like and the opening having an axis extending generally in the direction from one upright edge to the other upright edge of one of said side walls, wherein the improvement comprises that one said side wall having a detent extending outwardly from the outwardly facing surface thereof and the other said side wall having an opening in the outwardly facing surface thereof for receiving a corresponding said detent so that said clamp can be interlocked with other said clamps by inserting said detent in a direction perpendicular to said side wall into a corresponding said opening on another said clamp and by inserting said detent on still another said clamp into the opening on said clamp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.