Patent ID: 6572057
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
Hanger apparatus comprising, in combination:a hanger member including a hanger member base having two pairs of opposed base sides, two hanger member legs integrally attached to said hanger member base at one of said pairs of opposed base sides extending from said hanger member base and defining a void therebetween for receiving a conduit, said hanger member legs having spaced hanger member leg distal ends, and a mechanical fastener extending between and connecting said hanger member legs adjacent to said hanger member leg distal ends for securing said conduit hanger about a conduit located in said void; and retainer means comprising a plurality of spaced projections attached to said hanger member base, said projections projecting from said hanger member base in the general direction of the spaced hanger member leg distal ends and having spaced projection distal ends positioned away from said hanger member base and said hanger member legs, said projection distal ends for selective alternate engagement either with a conduit located in said void to resist relative movement between said hanger member and said conduit or with a channel member to secure said hanger member and a conduit located in said void to said channel member, said projections comprising two outwardly diverging, flexible plates affixed to said hanger member base and extending from the other of the pairs of opposed base sides, said projection distal ends being unrestrained against movement and defining notches for receiving a conduit located in said void, said projection distal ends engageable with the conduit at said notches to resist relative movement between said conduit and said hanger apparatus.