Extruded acoustic pipe support
AssigneeLSP Products Group, Inc.
InventorSamuel H. Howe
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Abstract
Extruded polymeric articles useful for supporting, acoustically isolating and vibrationally dampening a pipe segment in relation to a structural support member, the articles having coextruded unfoamed and foamed polymeric layers and being attachable to the structural support member using nails, screws, formed wire hangers or other similarly effective fasteners. A method for making the subject articles and a system comprising a perforated, coextruded acoustic pipe support strap in combination with a shaped wire hanger for use in suspending a pipe segment from the web portion of a laminated joist having an I-beam cross section are also disclosed.
Claims11
An article attachable to a structural member of a building for supporting a pipe segment therefrom, the article comprising an extruded body having a first layer comprising a web of unfoamed thermoplastic material with at least one fold line and a coextruded second layer of foamed polymeric cushioning material of variable thickness adhered to the first layer over at least a portion of the web, the extruded body being foldable around the pipe segment, with the variable thickness second layer providing interrupted contact with the pipe segment away from the fold line;
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- at least one fastener attachable to both the foamed polymeric cushioning material and to the structural member.
A system useful for supporting a pipe segment from a structural member of a building, the system, comprising:
- a pipe support member having an extruded body with a thermoplastic outer skin and a coextruded foamed polymeric layer of variable thickness bonded to the skin, the pipe support member being foldable around the pipe segment to define an irregular opening for the pipe segment, the opening being disposed inwardly of the foamed polymeric layer;
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- at least one fastener attachable to both the structural member and the foam polymeric layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.