Patent ID: 8800938

Claim:
A brace assembly for bracing a braced pipe relative to a brace pipe, comprising: a cable; a main body comprising an annular portion defining an opening that receives the brace pipe, a cable stop that supports a first portion of the cable, a pipe support surface that supports the braced pipe; a cable anchor that can fix a second portion of the cable relative to the main body such that the cable can be placed in tension between the first and second portions, wherein the cable anchor comprises a bolt passing through an opening in the main body, the bolt having a pair of slots passing in a radial direction through a shaft portion of the bolt, wherein an end portion of the cable is passed through each of the slots and the cable is fixed to the main body by a head portion of the bolt and a nut threaded to the shaft of the bolt; a cable tensioning arrangement configured to move the cable stop relative to the cable anchor to tension the cable around the braced pipe and secure the braced pipe against the pipe support surface.