Patent ID: 6520705
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: E04B,F16B

Abstract:
A clamping assembly comprising two shoes, each shoe having a base from which depend spaced-apart tapered ears, said ears aligned with each other and integral with the base at the side thereof, the ears cooperating with the base in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the base to form tapered recesses, each shoe further having a flange on the end of the base that is proximate to where the tapered recesses are greatest, the flange being perpendicular to the plane of the tapered ears and to the plane of the base and oriented in a direction away from the tapered ears and having an aperture therethrough for receipt of a bolt, the two shoes being able to be cooperatively positioned such that the flanges are proximate to one another and tightening of a nut on the bolt decreases the space between the flanges, each shoe being formed from a single piece of metal.