Wall mounted pipe clamp

A wall-mounted pipe clamp installation and a mounting kit therefor. The kit comprises an elongated wall bracket having its upper and bottom edges in the form of downwardly and upwardly facing and opposing channels respectively and a pair of pipe end receiving sockets slidably mountable in the bracket. Each socket has a base with exposed upper and lower edges spaced to fit in bracket supported relationship in the channels and a projecting socket formation for receiving a pipe end therein. Each socket formation is preferably provided with a set screw to secure therein the free pipe end of each pipe clamp of a pipe clamp installation.

BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
This invention relates, generally, to a wall mounted pipe clamp 
installation and to kits for making the same. 
Pipe clamps are well known, readily available tools. They are used both 
professionally and by do-it-yourself persons in order to accomplish a wide 
variety of clamping operations wherein relatively large workpieces need to 
be secured together for significant periods of time. In workshops space is 
often at a premium both for setting up a clamping operation and for 
maintaining it while waiting for glue to set or for another operation to 
be performed thereon. 
According to the present invention, a wall mounted pipe clamp installation 
is provided, including a kit for making the same, which permits the use of 
a free or unused wall space which is often available. Such an installation 
may be used in performing various clamping operations wherein pipe clamps 
are advantageously supported in a cantilevered arrangement from a wall at 
a convenient working height.

In FIG. 3, a pipe clamp installation is indicated generally at 5 comprising 
a wall bracket indicated generally at 6, a pair of pipe end receiving 
sockets indicated generally at 7--7 and a pair of pipe clamps of 
conventional known commercial type indicated generally at 8--8. 
The wall bracket 6 is formed from a strip of metal or other suitable 
material so as to have upper and lower channels 10 and 11, respectively, 
extending along its upper and lower edges. The bracket 6 is provided with 
a plurality of apertures 12--12 which serve as holes for screws or nails 
used to secure the bracket to a wall or other vertical surface. Two or 
more pipe end receiving sockets 7 are provided comprising a square or 
rectangular base 13 and a projecting pipe end receiving socket formation 
14. The top and bottom exposed edges of the base 6 have such thickness and 
vertical dimension as to fit readily and securely in the channels 10 and 11 
of the bracket 6 as shown in FIG. 6. Preferably, the rear side of the base 
6 is partially relieved as indicated at 15 so as to provide clearance for 
the heads of screws or other fasteners used to mount the wall bracket 6. 
The socket formation 14 is preferably flat sided and provided with a tapped 
set screw hole 16 to receive a set screw. The socket formation 14 has a 
socket hole or recess 17 (FIG. 8) dimensioned to receive the end 20 (FIG. 
6) of a pipe clamp 8. By tightening a set screw in the tapped opening 16, 
the pipe end 20 may be locked or fastened into place against accidental 
removal. 
In use, the pipe ends 20 of a pair of the pipe clamps 8 are inserted into 
the socket formations 14 on the socket 7 and then the set screws are 
firmly tightened. The sockets 7 are then spread apart the desired distance 
depending upon the job to be accomplished in the installation 5. In FIG. 1, 
the clamps 8 are shown clamping a panel 21 to a workpiece 22. In FIG. 2, 
the pipe clamps 8 are shown set up to clamp together four boards 23 with 
the assistance of two additional pipe clamps 24--24. 
It will be appreciated that several of the brackets 6 may be mounted on the 
same wall, either in a vertical arrangement or in a side-by-side 
arrangement. By lengthening the wall bracket 6 and providing a suitable 
number of the sockets 7 it will be seen that pipe clamp installations of 
various widths may be set up to handle projects of substantial width. 
By having the pipe clamps 8 mounted in cantilever fashion from a wall 
bracket 6, the installation 5 can be utilized to accommodate workpieces 
with vertical dimensions which extend both above and below the level of 
the pipe clamps 8. Further, if for any reason it is desired to set up one 
job and then set it aside for another job, it will be seen that it is only 
necessary to loosen the set screws in the socket formations 14 and withdraw 
the pipe ends from the sockets.