Patent ID: 6202962
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
A support device for securing heating and cooling ducts between floor and ceiling joists that is adapted to be secured to a vertical surface, said support device comprising:a substantially flat, planar strap having a length, a width, and a thickness; the length being substantially longer than the width; the width being substantially greater than the thickness;the device having a plurality of sets of circular apertures; each said set being formed of at least two apertures; a first aperture of each of said sets having a diameter larger than the diameter of a second of said at least two apertures; each first aperture and second aperture of each set having a line of severance connecting the outer circumference of the first aperture to the second aperture; the line of severance having adjacent, abutting side edges; the centers of all of the apertures of all the sets being located on a common axis;whereby the strap is adapted to be repositioned over a headed fastener located in a joist by positioning the first aperture of one of said sets over a head of the headed fastener and then said strap pulled down so that a shank of said fastener is adapted to pass through the line of severance until the shank of said fastener is positioned in the second aperture and wherein the second aperture is adapted to be smaller than the head of the fastener to prevent removal of said strap from said fastener;and whereby the strap may be pulled in a upward direction to position the shank of the fastener in the first aperture to be able to remove said strap from said fastener without removing said fastener from said joist.