Patent ID: 7883121

Claim:
A pipe coupling clamp comprising: a pair of clamp half members substantially C-shaped in cross-section, each having a proximal end and a distal end; a pipe flange receiving groove located on each clamp half member for receiving the mating flanges of two pipes to be coupled; a hinge connecting the proximal ends of the clamp half members together; a locking eyebolt and associated nut for releasably connecting the distal ends of the clamp halves together, a locking eyebolt hinge for pivotally connecting a proximal end of the locking eyebolt within an open support jaw on the distal end of one clamp half, the locking eyebolt comprising, at its proximal end, an elongate eyebolt seating portion which extends out of the open support jaw terminating in a stepped threaded portion of reduced diameter at its distal end, an eyebolt receiving slot connected to an open securing jaw located on the distal end of the other clamp half, the locking eyebolt configured to pivot through the receiving slot into the open securing jaw, the eyebolt receiving slot having a reduced size to receive the stepped threaded portion of the locking eyebolt, and the open securing jaw comprising an enlarged inner eyebolt receiving socket to snugly receive the eyebolt seating portion.