Patent ID: 8534625

Claim:
A sway brace attachment for clamping to a flange of a beam or other support structure, comprising: a body having a pair of spaced, generally parallel side walls, with each of the side walls having an elongated slot, wherein each of the slots has a closed end and an open end opening to one edge of a respective one of the side walls, with each of the slots opening in the same direction, wherein each of the slots has a first portion and a second portion, the first portions of the slots configured to receive the flange, the body further comprising a pair of overlapping walls, wherein one of the overlapping walls is connected to one of the side walls and the other of the overlapping walls is connected to the other of the side walls, the overlapping walls each having aligned holes passing therethrough, wherein at least one of the aligned holes is threaded; an insert extending between the side walls generally perpendicular thereto, the insert having one end extending through the second portion of the slot of one of the side walls and supported by the one side wall, the insert having an opposite end extending through the second portion of the slot of the other side wall and supported by the other side wall, the insert having at least one threaded hole; at least one first set screw extending through the at least one threaded hole of the insert to engage a first surface of the flange in the slots; a second set screw extending through the aligned holes of the overlapping walls to engage a second surface of the flange opposite the first surface, wherein the at least one first set screw and the second set screw cooperate to connect the sway brace attachment to the flange.