# US 8,356,777 B2 · Adjustable hanger

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- Number: US 8,356,777 B2
- Document ID: US8356777B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/605,961
- Filed: 2009-10-26
- Published: 2010-12-16
- Granted: 2013-01-22
- Earliest claimed: 2009-06-10
- Assignees: Hammer Corporation
- Applicants: Kevin James Miles; Kim Paul Ramsay
- Inventors: Kevin James Miles; Kim Paul Ramsay
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8356777B2

## CPC

- F16L 3/133: and hanging from a pendant (F16L3/14 takes precedence)
- F16L 3/14: Hangers in the form of bands or chains
- Y10T 403/32451: Step-by-step adjustment
- F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

An adjustable hanger has a receiver having a hole arranged to allow mounting of the receiver on a fixed element, and a body opening in the receiver arranged to accept a connector. An adjustable hanger has a mounting having a hole arranged to allow the mounting to be mounted to a fixed element, and a shaft opening, a receiver having a shaft opening, a shaft having a portion insertable into the shaft opening on the mounting such that shaft can move relative to the mounting, and a portion insertable into the shaft opening on the receiver, and a connector arranged to be insertable into a connector opening on the receiver.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An adjustable hanger, comprising:
a mounting having a hole arranged to allow the mounting to be mounted to a fixed element, a ratchet locking mechanism and a shaft opening, the mounting having a first side arranged to contact the fixed element;
a receiver having a shaft opening and a connector opening;
a flat shaft having a portion insertable into the shaft opening on the mounting such that shaft can move relative to the mounting, the shaft inserted adjacent the first side, and a portion insertable into the shaft opening on the receiver; and
a connector arranged to be insertable into the connector opening on the receiver.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The hanger of claim 1, wherein the portion insertable into the shaft opening on the receiver arranged to allow the receiver to rotate three hundred and sixty degrees.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The hanger of claim 1, wherein the portion insertable into the shaft opening on the receiver comprises a knob and a neck, wherein the neck is narrower than a body of the shaft and the knob is wider than the neck.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The hanger of claim 1, wherein the mounting comprises a face having a toothed portion arranged to mate with teeth on the shaft and lock the shaft into place and having a smooth portion arranged to allow the shaft to slide.