# US 8,376,672 B2 · Device for securing several pipes relative to one another during storage and transport > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,376,672 B2 - Document ID: US8376672B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/270,445 - Filed: 2011-10-11 - Published: 2012-04-19 - Granted: 2013-02-19 - Earliest claimed: 2010-10-13 - Assignees: Thread Guard Technology Ltd. - Applicants: George A. Kovacs, Jr. - Inventors: George A. Kovacs, Jr. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8376672B2 ## CPC - B65D 67/02: Clips or clamps for holding articles together for convenience of storage or transport - B65D 61/00: External frames or supports adapted to be assembled around, or applied to, articles - B65D 85/20: for incompressible or rigid rod-shaped or tubular articles - F16L 3/2235: {each pipe being supported by a common element fastened to the base} - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL ## Abstract A securing device for securing several pipes during storage and transport has pipe securing bodies that in an operating position are positioned above and below each pipe layer. The pipe securing bodies have a top side and a bottom side with oppositely positioned, spaced-apart recesses for pipes. A clamping arrangement is arranged at both end faces of the pipe securing bodies and clamps the pipe securing bodies to a clamped unit. The clamping arrangement has a first hook and a second hook at opposite ends. A lever device is arranged between the first and second hooks and acts on the hooks so as to transfer them with a leverage force from a released position, in which the securing device can be mounted and demounted, into an operating position. A relative spacing of the first and second hooks in the operating position is smaller than in the released position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A securing device for securing several pipes relative to each other during storage and transport in a predetermined arrangement adjacent and above each other in spaced-apart layers, the securing device comprising: pipe securing bodies that in an operating position are positioned vertically above and below each layer of pipes, wherein the pipe securing bodies each have a top side and a bottom side, wherein the top and bottom sides each have oppositely positioned and spaced-apart recesses for receiving pipes; a clamping arrangement arranged at both end faces of the pipe securing bodies in a continuous vertical groove, wherein the clamping arrangement clamps the pipe securing bodies to a clamped unit; wherein the clamping arrangement has a first end provided with a first hook and a second end provided with a second hook; a lever device arranged between the first and second hooks, wherein the lever device acts on the first and second hooks so as to transfer the first and second hooks relative to each other with a leverage force from a released position, in which the securing device can be mounted and demounted, into an operating position, wherein a spacing of the first and second hooks relative to each other in the operating position is smaller than in the released position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The securing device according to claim 1, wherein the lever device comprises a lever arm and a lever guide body, wherein the lever arm is pivotably supported on a lever pivot bolt relative to the lever guide body, wherein on the first hook a follower is arranged and the second hook is fixedly connected to the lever guide body, wherein on the lever arm an articulation bolt is arranged that is connected by an articulation member to the follower. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The securing device according to claim 2, wherein the follower is a follower bolt that has opposed ends guided in slotted holes provided in the lever guide body. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The securing device according to claim 2, wherein the articulation bolt, the follower, and the lever pivot bolt are arranged relative to each other such that a connecting line between an axis of the articulation bolt and a central axis of the follower during a movement of the lever arm from the released position into the operating position is pivoted past and beyond the axis of the lever pivot bolt. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The securing device according to claim 2, wherein the lever arm comprises a lever arm base and a lever arm extension as separate components, wherein on the lever arm base the lever pivot bolt and the articulation bolt are arranged, wherein the lever arm extension has projections which are slidably guided in elongate guide recesses of the lever arm base in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the lever arm. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The securing device according to claim 5, wherein the lever arm extension is arranged to be movable against a force of a spring in a direction opposite to the lever arm base and parallel to a longitudinal axis of the lever arm. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The securing device according to claim 6, wherein at least one of the projections of the lever arm extension in the operating position engages a complementary securing recess of the lever guide body and is secured by the spring in the position engaging the complementary securing recess. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The securing device according to claim 5, wherein the lever arm extension is provided with a grip element at an end opposite the lever arm base. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The securing device according to claim 1, wherein the clamping arrangement in the operating position is arranged completely within the groove of the pipe securing bodies. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The securing device according to claim 1, wherein the clamping arrangement has at least one extension element that is positioned between the first hook and the second hook so as to extend the clamping arrangement to a defined length. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The securing device according to claim 1, wherein the first hook and the second hook and all parts of the clamping arrangement connecting the first and second hooks are made of an inflexible material. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The securing device according to claim 11, wherein all parts of the clamping arrangement are made of metal.