Patent ID: 8480041
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: F16B,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A beam clamp for clamping an elongated object, wherein said beam claim comprises: a pair of similar opposing clamp bodies that have a cross section on an interior surface of each clamp body shaped like a “question mark” (?) and is arranged in an assembly where the opposing clamp bodies face and mirror each other wherein each clamp body continuously includes a top flat portion including a hole for a fastener the top flat portion generally defining a top flat portion plane, a middle portion of the clamp body angularly extending away from the flat portion plane and each said clamp body comprising a continuous hook end portion angularly extending from the middle portion towards the plane of the top flat portion and generally perpendicular to the plane of the flat portion of the body clamp, which captures and pivots around two outward facing parallel edges of a structure member; each said clamp body comprising a member passage located between said hook end portion and a puling end and fully surrounded by the clamp body, and sized to capture an elongated object allowing said elongated object to pass through said member passage of each clamp body, wherein each said clamp body further comprises an interior gripping edge to engage the elongated object on the end of the member passage opposite the continuous hook end portion; and wherein said pulling end surrounds said elongated object and provides a means for a fastener, located above the elongated object and away from said structure member, wherein said fastener pulls said opposing clamp bodies toward each other, being restrained by said hook portion which pivots around said outward facing parallel edges of said structure member and causes said interior gripping edge to pivot and bear against said elongated object, clamping it against said structure member and wherein said gripping edge of said member passage has a thickness of said pulling end.