Patent ID: 6061984
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
Apparatus for supporting transmission lines and conduits between a subfloor and a floor, said apparatus comprising in combination:(a) a plurality of struts for extending upwardly from the subfloor, each strut of said plurality of struts comprising four orthogonally oriented C-channels, each of said C-channels including an elongated base and a pair of opposed legs extending from said base, two C-channels of said plurality of C-channels being joined base to base to locate a first pair of corresponding legs extending in opposed directions to define a first common plane and to locate a second pair of corresponding legs extending in opposed directions to define a second common plane, a third C-channel of said plurality of C-channels having its base joined to said pair of legs defining the first common plane, and a fourth C-channel of said plurality of C-channels having its base joined to said pair of legs defining the second common plane;(b) a plurality of racks, each rack comprising a C-channel extending from a C-channel of one strut to a C-channel of another strut of said plurality of struts;(c) a securing device for detachably attaching each end of each of said racks to corresponding C-channels of a pair of struts of said plurality of struts, each said securing device comprising an apertured plate secured to an end of said rack, a nut removably captured by the correspondingly C-channel of said strut and a bolt penetrating said plate and threadedly engaging said nut to draw the end of said rack into engagement with the C-channel; and(d) a plurality of clamps for clamping selected ones of transmission lines and conduits to selected ones of the C-channels of said plurality of struts and to the C-channels of said plurality of racks.