Patent ID: 8776462
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: A62C,F16L,H02G

Abstract:
1. A firestop collar comprising: a housing capable of accommodating an insert made of an intumescent firestop compound; and at least one bracket, the bracket capable of securing the housing to a substrate, the bracket being secured to the housing by a snap-fit latching connection established by moving the bracket from an outside towards a center of the housing, the bracket being movable radially with respect to the housing as the housing contacts the bracket during establishment of the latching connection wherein the bracket includes at least two bracket latching hooks spaced apart from each other, and the housing includes at least two housing latching hooks spaced apart from each other, at least the two bracket latching hooks movable with respect to each other or the two housing latching hooks movable with respect to each other to permit the latching connection via radial movement of the bracket with respect to the housing.