Patent ID: 7992833

Claim:
A hanger device for mounting a utility element to a structural support that includes a generally horizontal top side extending between first and second support sides, said hanger device including an adjustable bracket having a bridging element to be supported on said top side, said bridging element including a flat strip and an open channel that adjustably telescopically engage in a longitudinal first direction to provide said bridging element with a horizontal bridging dimension, said bridging element including a detent movable between a lock position for fixing the relative position of said flat strip and open channel and a release position for permitting relative movement of said flat strip and open channel to adjust said horizontal bridging dimension in said first direction, said detent including projections spaced in a lateral second direction transverse to said first direction on said open channel arranged to be received within openings laterally spaced in said second direction in said flat strip, said open channel having a top wall connecting depending side walls extending to in-turned channel flange walls, said separate projections being integrally formed in said channel top wall and extending perpendicularly away from said top wall into said open channel, said openings comprising spaced apertures having closed boundaries and being arranged in columns in said flat strip, said bridging element connecting a retention element arranged to depend downwardly along said first side of the structural support and a carrier element arranged to depend downwardly along said second side of the structural support, said retention element including a retention element polymeric portion for engaging said first side of said structural support, and said carrier element including a carrier element polymeric portion for engaging said second side of said structural support and for attachment of said utility element to said hanger.