Patent ID: 8857771

Claim:
A conduit attachment device arrangement for use with a trapeze for providing for the placement and suspension of apparatus between existing structural members of an overhead structure, the conduit attachment device arrangement comprising: first and second conduit attachment devices, each of the first and second conduit attachment devices including: a body formed of a continuous sheet, the body consisting of first, second, and third bends that define first, second, third, and fourth sides forming an open-ended rectangular box having first and second ends, the first bend being at a junction of the first and second sides, the second bend being at a junction of the second and third sides, and the third bend being at a junction of the third and fourth sides, the first and third sides being substantially parallel, the second and fourth sides being substantially parallel; a fastening joint securing the first side to the fourth side; a window formed in the second and third sides at the first end, the window including first and second substantially continuous U-shaped engagement surfaces adapted to form a friction fit with a conduit; a first threaded opening located through the first side, the first threaded opening adapted to mate with a threaded suspension rod of a first size; a second threaded opening located through the first side, the second threaded opening adapted to mate with a set screw; a third threaded opening located in the third side, the third threaded opening adapted to accept a suspension rod of a second size; first and second relief openings located at the first bend, the first and second relief openings being respectively adjacent to the first and second threaded openings; third and fourth relief openings respectively located at the second and third bends adjacent to the third threaded opening; each of the windows of the first and second conduit attachment devices coupled to respective ends of the conduit; and the trapeze including first and second suspension rods, the first and second suspension rods being respectively coupled the first and second conduit attachment devices by one of the first threaded opening, a second threaded opening, and a third threaded opening of the respective first and second conduit attachment devices.