Patent ID: 8746632

Claim:
Isolation member for a riser clamp, which in use is supported from beneath by a support surface, said riser clamp having two opposing clamp halves, each clamp half having a semicircular section opposing the semicircular section of the other clamp half for surrounding a riser pipe, and each clamp half having at the ends of the semicircular section radially extending clamp flanges to be clamped against the opposing clamp flanges of the other clamp half, wherein the isolation member is adapted to be provided on a clamp flange of the riser clamp half, the isolation member comprising a resilient support strip, which support strip is adapted to be located between said support surface and the lower edge of the clamp flange for resiliently supporting said clamp flange, the support strip having an upper side and a lower side wherein the isolation member further comprises at least one web extending upwardly from the upper side of the support strip, the web having a lower end connected to the support strip and having an upper end with an upper retaining means for engaging an upper edge of the clamp flange.