Patent ID: 8820686

Claim:
A mounting clamp for mounting a sprinkler head comprising: a body having a gripper operatively retained within the body by an axle, wherein the body is generally in the shape of a channel having two side flanges, wherein each of the two side flanges has a distal end that is generally rectangular in shape and includes a tab disposed such that the tab of one distal end substantially overlaps the tab and of the other distal end such that one tab is an inner tab and the other tab is an outer tab, wherein the outer tab has a non-threaded aperture that is in general axial alignment with a threaded aperture of the inner tab, wherein the body includes a clamping actuator having a threaded portion that is inserted through the non-threaded aperture of the outer tab and threaded into the threaded aperture of the inner tab of the body to bias the gripper to clamp a standard sprinkler head for an automatic fire sprinkler system; and wherein the gripper has a cam portion that contacts a mounting surface of a mounting bar to hold the mounting clamp in place on the mounting bar when in a first position, and does not contact the mounting surface of the mounting bar when in a second position whereby the cam portion is used to inhibit the position of the mounting clamp when the cam portion is in contact with the mounting surface.