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US 5,685,508 AGranted
Pipe hanging and rooftop load supporting system
AssigneePortable Pipe Hangers, Inc.
InventorRobert L. Smith
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Abstract
Apparatus and method for hanging pipe including a portable weight distribution base (26), a frame (20) attachable to the base an adjustable yoke (40) attachable to the frame for suspending the pipe (14).
Claims14
A pipe hanging system for supporting a pipe upon a flat mounting surface, the system comprising:
- a compressible pad having pad upper surface, and a pad lower surface for engaging the flat mounting surface;
- a base having a generally planar base lower surface cooperating with the pad upper surface for distributing a load over a region of the flat mounting surface which is sufficiently large to maintain the maximum unit load per unit area within an acceptable limit, the base having a base upper surface with at least one opening formed therein;
- a frame having at least one post provided with an end received within the at least one opening of the base to securely orient the at least one post perpendicular to the base lower surface;
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- a yoke adjustable mounted to the frame for supporting the pipe at a selected height in order to level the pipe and distribute the load thereof along the flat mounting surface, wherein the frame is a U-shaped member having a pair of posts and further including a cross-member extending between the pair of posts and a downwardly depending threaded rod attached to the cross-member and extending between the cross member and the yolk for accommodating vertical adjustment and for allowing limited relative transverse movement.
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A pipe hanging system for supporting a section of pipe upon a flat mounting surface formed on a generally flat roof, the system comprising:
- a pair of compressible pads, each of the pair of compressible pads having a pad lower surface for engaging the flat mounting surface and a pad upper surface;
- a pair of bases, each of the pair of bases corresponding to a respective one of the pair of compressible pads, each of the pair of bases having a substantially flat base lower surface cooperating with the pad upper surface for distributing a load over a region of the flat mounting surface which is sufficiently large to maintain the maximum unit load per unit area within an acceptable limit;
- a U-shaped frame having a pair of posts spaced apart from each other, a cross-member extending between the pair of posts and a downwardly depending threaded rod attached to the cross-member, each of the pair of posts having an end affixed to a corresponding one of the pair of bases;
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- at least one yoke for supporting the section of the pipe, the yoke mounted to the threaded rod depending from the cross-member for accommodating vertical adjustment of the yoke and the section of the pipe which allows limited relative transverse movement between the yoke and the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.