Patent ID: 7152832

Claim:
Apparatus for supporting a pipe comprising, a base member, having a selected cross-sectional configuration, an elongate flexible strap secured to said base member, said strap having ratchet teeth formed along one side thereof, a latching mechanism through which a portion of said strap may move longitudinally along a path, said latching mechanism comprising a pawl adjacent one side of said path yieldably biased toward said path to engage said ratchet teeth on said strap to permit movement of said strap in one direction along said path and to inhibit movement in a second direction opposite said one direction and a bearing member at the opposite side of said path to support a side of said strap opposite said one side against movement away from said pawl when said pawl engages the strap to hold the strap in a selected position, and a supplementary connector adapted to be secured to a support structure, said supplementary connector having an opening formed therein having a cross-sectional configuration complementary to the configuration of said base member to receive and hold said base member, said base member and supplementary connector having interengaging positioning elements thereon to yieldably hold said base member and supplementary connector in selected positions relative to each other; wherein said positioning elements comprise a projection on one of said base member or supplementary connector and a detent for releasably receiving said projection on the other of said base member or supplementary connector, and wherein said base member has a hole extending therethrough, said supplementary connector has a hole extending therethrough, and said holes are aligned when said base member and supplementary connector are held in said selected positions.