Patent ID: 7516922

Claim:
A sway brace comprising a U-shaped strap for supporting a pipe or conduit, including two ends and attachment flanges at the ends, respectively; and two mounting fixtures, each mounting fixture including a block body, a passage extending through the block body, said passage having a cross section which is bounded by a locus of points defined by a first circle having a first diameter, a second circle having a second, smaller diameter and partially overlapping the first circle and a common tangent to the first and second circles for inserting a rigid tie through the passage of the block body, a mounting surface, wherein the two end being attachable to the mounting surfaces, and a setscrew extending through the block body into the passage perpendicular to the plane of the U-shaped strap, the second circle being displaced from concentricity with the first circle in a direction away from the setscrew; engagement members affixing the flanges to the mounting fixtures in juxtaposition with the mounting surfaces, respectively, each engagement member being a threaded bolt, the flanges each having two mounting holes therethrough to receive the bolts and the block bodies having tapped holes through the mounting surfaces to threadably receive the bolts.