Conduit spacer and support

In a conduit system for supporting a plurality of conduits in parallel, spaced relationship:

• a frame member having a pair of opposed sides disposed in a common plane transverse to the axis of said conduit system, at least one of said sides including an arcuate surface having a diameter approximately equal to the outside diameter of a first conduit;
• an adapter for supporting a second conduit having a diameter smaller than said first conduit;
• said adapter including a generally planar base;
• a generally U-shaped body connected to said base and having an open end extending away from said base;
• the exterior surfaces of said U-shaped body curving away from said base on either side of the connection to said base so as to define a space between said base and exterior surfaces providing for deflection of the ends of said planar base toward said U-shaped body;
• said body having a interior diameter approximately equal to the outside diameter of said second conduit;
• the open end of said U-shaped body terminating in a pair of opposed portions, the spacing between which is less than the outside diameter of said second conduit;
• said U-shaped body being made of a resilient material to permit spreading of said opposed portions for receipt of said second conduit into said body;
• and means connected to said base and extending away from said U-shaped body for detachably securing said adapter to a portion of said side having said arcuate surface on said frame member, said securing means comprising at least one pair of spaced opposed legs extending from opposite sides of said base, said legs having opposed inner wall surfaces formed with inwardly directed shoulders adapted for snap-fitted engagement astride and under said side having said arcuate surface, said base extending longitudinally beyond said legs with at least the ends of said base in engagement with said arcuate surface, the distance between the innermost reach of said inwardly directed opposed shoulders being less than the width of said side having said arcuate surface, and the distance between said shoulders and said base being substantially greater than the thickness of said side having said arcuate surface.