Patent ID: 8672281

Claim:
A rod hanger for attachment with a fastener to a substrate when the fastener is driven into the substrate and frictionally held in the substrate, the rod hanger for securing a rod to the substrate, comprising: a mounting portion defining a perimeter edge, having generally planar top and bottom surfaces, said generally planar top surface configured for engaging the substrate that the fastener is driven into and that frictionally holds the fastener and having a hole extending between said top and bottom surfaces configured for engaging the fastener; a rod receiving portion configured for threadably receiving the rod; a connecting element configured for vertically displacing said mounting portion and said rod receiving portion; and at least four anti-rotation elements on said mounting portion generally planar top surface spaced apart from said hole, spaced apart from said perimeter edge and configured for penetratingly engaging the substrate that the fastener is driven into and that frictionally holds the fastener in place and for counteracting a moment acting upon said rod hanger as the rod is threadably received by said rod receiving portion, said anti-rotation elements having one of a generally hemisphered shape and a generally truncated hollow cone shape.