Sound insulating support for plumbing pipes

A sound insulating member for isolating a tubular member from a support surface which comprises:

• insert means formed of a flexible material substantially incapable of transmitting sound vibrations and including an insert wall sized so as to be capable of encircling said tubular member;
• sleeve means formed of a semiresilient material capable of maintaining its shape at rest and flexing under the influence of applied force, said sleeve means including a sleeve wall sized such that said insert means is capable of fitting within it;
• each of said sleeve means and said insert means including a slit dividing said walls of both said sleeve means and said insert means such that the portions of said walls located on the respective sides of said slits are capable of being moved with respect to each other allowing both said sleeve means and said insert means to be opened and closed about said slits;
• retaining means capable of retaining said insert means in a fixed position within said sleeve means and maintaining said slit in said insert means substantially aligned with said slit in said sleeve means such that both said insert means and said sleeve means are capable of being opened at their respective slits to allow said tubular member to pass through said slits locating said tubular member within both said insert means and said sleeve means and of being closed to cradle said tubular member within said insert means and fixedly hold said insert means within said sleeve means;
• said sleeve means including support attaching means capable of attaching to said support surface to fixedly hold said sleeve means to said support surface;
• said retaining means being capable of fixedly holding said insert means within said sleeve means such that when said sleeve means is flexed under the influence of an applied force to open said sleeve means about its slit said insert means concurrently opens about its slit.