Patent ID: 6293056
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: F16L,H02G

Abstract:
A utility support system for use in a structure having an upper-adjacent floor and a suspended ceiling spaced beneath the upper adjacent floor to define an above-ceiling space, said utility support system comprising:at least one support bracket having means for attachment to the undersurface of an upper-adjacent floor and a downwardly extending vertical element, said vertical element defining a first plurality of slots; anda plurality of elongated straps each having end tabs receivable within selected ones of said first plurality of slots, said end tabs each being inserted into a selected slot and bent over to secure its respective end to said vertical element forming a closed loop against said vertical element suitable for passing a utility distribution element therethrough,said means for attachment including a horizontal element defining a plurality of apertures therein joined to said vertical element to support said vertical element substantially perpendicular to said upper-adjacent floor, andsaid horizontal element defining a second plurality of slots and being joined to said vertical element at a corner bend, said utility support system further including an angle brace having end tabs one of which is inserted into one of said slots in said first plurality and the other end tab being inserted into one of said slots in said second plurality.