Patent ID: 6843455

Claim:
Apparatus for providing overhead support for carwash system components in a location having spaced apart sidewalls comprising: first and second crossbeam support brackets for attachment to respective sidewalls above and on opposite sides of a carwash location; each of said brackets comprising a wall plate adapted to be secured to a sidewall in face-to-face abutting relationship and a crossbeam support tray extending outwardly from said plate and rigidly secured thereto; a rigid crossbeam resting on and extending between said brackets so as to be disposed above and across said location; and first and second clamps each including a downwardly opening U shaped top cap fitted over the crossbeam in overlying relation to a respective support tray and fastener devices securing each top cap to the respective support tray and operative to clamp the crossbeam between the respective top cap and the respective support tray; wherein each of said top cap has bolt holes and the fastener devices comprise a plurality of bolts for securing said top caps to said trays; and wherein the bolts extend between respective said top caps and said trays in straddling association with said crossbeam.