# US 5,702,077 A · Threaded bracket for hanger rod

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- Number: US 5,702,077 A
- Document ID: US5702077A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/438,171
- Filed: 1995-05-09
- Granted: 1997-12-30
- Earliest claimed: 1995-05-09
- Assignees: Tolco Corporation
- Inventors: Richard W. Heath
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5702077A

## CPC

- F16L 3/14: Hangers in the form of bands or chains
- F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

## Abstract

A mounting member for a ceiling or beam utilizes a barrel nut for connection with a hanger rod of a pipe hanging support. A technique of creating an offset portion about the barrel nut and then deforming that portion to provide secure fixation of the nut in the member to prevent rotation of the nut when the hanger rod is turned.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A pipe support assembly for suspending a pipe, comprising:
a pipe hanger rod;
means for receiving and supporting the pipe when attached to a lower end of said rod;
a bracket for attachment to a raised support; and
a barrel nut having a cylindrical portion extending through a hole in the bracket, with a flange on one end of the nut engaging an area of the bracket surrounding the hole, said nut having internal threads threadably receiving an upper threaded end of said rod, the material of said bracket forming said hole being deformed against the cylindrical portion of the nut to grip the nut and prevent movement of the nut relative to the bracket when the rod is inserted into an opposite end of the nut and rotated into threaded engagement with the internal threads.

### Claim 2

A pipe support assembly for suspending a pipe, comprising:
a bracket; and
a barrel nut having a threaded interior to threadably receive a support rod, said nut having a cylindrical portion secured in a hole in said bracket by a portion of said bracket deformed against the nut to resist rotation of said nut when said rod is to be threaded into the nut, and said nut having a flange on one end contacting an upper surface of said bracket, and an unflanged end extending below said bracket.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The assembly of claim 2, wherein a threaded length of said nut interior is greater than the thickness of said bracket, and said threaded length less than the total length of said nut.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The assembly of claim 3, wherein said unflanged end of said nut has an interior surface that is unthreaded.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The assembly of claim 2, wherein an area around said hole is coined prior to insertion of said nut, such that after fixation of said nut the coined area of said bracket contacting said flange is substantially even with a surrounding upper surface of said bracket.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The assembly of claim 2, wherein an area around said hole is coined prior to insertion of said nut, such that an end face of said flange is positioned to be approximately level with a surrounding upper surface of said bracket.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

The assembly of claim 2, wherein said bracket and said nut are fabricated from carbon steel.

### Claim 8

A method of supporting the upper end of a threaded support rod, comprising the steps of:
forming a hole in a horizontal portion of a bracket;
inserting a cylindrical portion of a barrel nut into the bracket hole with an annular flange on one end of the barrel nut engaging a portion of the bracket surrounding the hole;
forming said portion of the bracket surrounding the hole in a manner to prevent rotation of the barrel nut within the bracket hole;
mounting the bracket to an elevated support, with the horizontal portion of the bracket extending horizontally and with the flange on the barrel nut positioned substantially above the bracket horizontal portion and with the cylindrical portion of the barrel nut extending substantially below the horizontal portion of the bracket; and
inserting a threaded end of the support rod into a lower end of the barrel nut and rotating the rod into internal threads within the barrel nut.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, further including the step of preventing rotation which is performed by forming bracket material around the barrel nut so as to cause the bracket to grip the exterior of the nut.