Patent ID: 7926765

Claim:
In combination with a pair of spaced apart building studs and an associated pair of pipes, an improved plumbing pipe locator and support for fixing said pipes in position relative to said studs, comprising: an elongated supporting strap having upper and lower sides extending along opposing sides of a longitudinal axis and having a length sufficient to fasten opposing ends of the strap to said studs, and further having a first plurality of longitudinally aligned first openings located between said upper and lower sides and extending between the ends of said strap, said openings being spaced apart by a predetermined distance wherein said pipes are alignable and in registration therewith, said elongated supporting strap adapted to be dimensioned to a predetermined elongated length, said pipes projecting through a pair of said first openings, said strap further having a second plurality of openings extending between the ends of said strap and being smaller than the first openings, the upper and lower sides undulating to provide a substantially uniform width between first holes and the adjacent sides and the second holes and the adjacent sides along at least an axis through a center of the holes and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and passing through both sides so the sides are wider adjacent the first openings and narrower adjacent the second openings; and fasteners extending through third holes in the ends and fastening said strap to said studs.