Pipe clamp device and a method for its use

A pipe clamp device for use with a standard vee head jack stand, the pipe clamp device comprising:

• an inverted U-shaped main body comprising a closed top end and an open bottom end, an inner surface and an outer surface;
• the open bottom end of the inverted U-shaped main body comprising a first stationary arm, having an inner surface and an outer surface, and having a lower end and a second stationary arm, having an inner surface and an outer surface, and having a lower end, wherein the second stationary arm comprises a second gripping ear at said lower end;
• the closed top end of the inverted U-shaped main body comprising a head, the head further comprising a threaded hole configured to receive a threaded rod;
• the threaded rod having a first end and a second end located within the threaded hole;
• a first pivoting arm, having an inner surface and an outer surface, and having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first pivoting arm pivotably connected to the lower end of the first stationary arm by a first hinge, wherein the second end of the first pivoting arm comprises a first gripping ear;
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• a second pivoting arm, having an inner surface and an outer surface, and having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second pivoting arm pivotably connected to the lower end of the second stationary arm by a second hinge, wherein the second end of the second pivoting arm comprises a second gripping ear where said U-shaped main body is an unitary structure across main body substantially from each mid-point connecting said first and second stationary arm with said pivoting arm being connected substantially to the midpoint of said first end and second end.

A method for securing an object to a standard vee head jack stand using a pipe clamp device, the method comprising:

• providing a pipe clamp device, the pipe clamp device comprising:
• an inverted U-shaped main body further comprising a closed top end and an open bottom end, an inner surface and an outer surface;
• the open bottom end of the inverted U-shaped main body further comprising a first stationary arm having an inner surface and an outer surface and having a lower end and a second stationary arm having an inner surface and an outer surface and having a lower end, wherein the second stationary arm comprises a second gripping ear at said lower end;
• the closed top end of the inverted U-shaped main body comprising a head, the head further comprising a threaded hole configured to receive a threaded rod;
• the threaded rod having a first end and a second end located within the threaded hole;
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• a first pivoting arm, having an inner surface and an outer surface, and having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first pivoting arm pivotably connected to the lower end of the first stationary arm by a first hinge, wherein the second end of the first pivoting arm further comprises a first gripping ear;
• providing a standard vee head jack stand comprising a V-shaped cradle;
• providing an object;
• placing the object on the V-shaped cradle of the standard vee head jack stand, the V-shaped cradle having an upper surface and a lower surface;
• moving the first pivoting arm of the pipe clamp device into an open position;
• placing the pipe clamp device over the standard vee head jack stand so that the first gripping ear and the second gripping ear are each located near the lower surface of the V-shaped cradle and the object is within the inner surfaces of the first stationary arm, first pivoting arm and second stationary arm and the second end of the threaded rod is located directly above the object;
• moving the first pivoting arm of the pipe clamp device into a closed position;
• moving the threaded rod so that the second end of the threaded rod moves toward the open end of the pipe clamp device and away from the closed end of the pipe clamp device until the second end of the threaded rod makes contact with the object, and presses against the object and against the upper side of the V-shaped cradle and causing the first gripping ear and second gripping ear to move toward the V-shaped cradle and press against the V-shaped cradle where said U-shaped main body is an unitary structure across main body approximately from each mid-point connecting said first and second stationary arm with said first pivoting arm being connected approximately to the midpoint of said first end.