Patent ID: 7455268
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A pipe hanger comprising a left leg, a right leg and an end wall, said end wall joining said left leg and said right leg such that said right leg is substantially parallel to said left leg, said left leg being spaced from said right leg by a distance that is substantially equal to a diameter of a pipe that is secured by said pipe hanger, said end wall comprises a protrusion and at least one mounting hole positioned along said protrusion such that an axis of the at least one mounting hole is skewed relative to the fixed axial centerline said left leg comprising a first side edge and a second side edge, a recess being defined by said second side edge, said recess having a generally semicircular shape that is centered about a fixed axial centerline of said pipe, said recess also having an angular dimension of slightly more than about 180 degrees, and a short semi-cylindrical wall extending in an axial direction along said recess, said right leg comprising a first side edge and a second side edge, a recess being defined by said second side edge, said recess having a generally semicircular shape that is centered about said fixed axial centerline, said recess also having an angular dimension of slightly more than about 180 degrees, and a short semi-cylindrical wall extending in said axial direction along said recess, and said first edge of said left leg and said first edge of said right leg being positioned on opposite sides of said axial direction and an opening defined by said semi-cylindrical wall of said right leg and said semi-cylindrical wall of said left leg being substantially equal to said diameter of said pipe that is secured by said pipe hanger.