Patent ID: 7832248

Claim:
A method of making a pipe hanger comprising the steps of: providing a flat sheet of metal; forming a pair of edge recesses in said sheet, said pair of recesses being spaced from each other, each recess comprising a center point, an imaginary reference line connecting the center points of the recesses, each recess comprising an open side facing opposite sides of the imaginary reference line and each recess further comprising a closed side substantially comprising a semicircle greater than about 180° about the center point; deforming the sheet along the edges of the closed sides of the recesses such that a semi-cylindrical wall is formed along the closed side of each recess; bending said sheet about 90° along a pair of spaced substantially parallel lines positioned between said recesses, said pair of lines extending generally perpendicular to said reference line, said bends along said spaced substantially parallel lines creating a pair of spaced generally parallel segments joined by an end wall that is defined between said pair of lines, said pair of lines being located so that after bending the centers of said recesses are substantially aligned on a common centerline thereby creating a substantially 360° opening when viewed along a direction aligned with said common centerline, said bending performed so that the semi-cylindrical walls extend outwardly in a direction away from a space defined between the two generally parallel segments.