Patent ID: 7766285

Claim:
A stackable line hanger for supporting a line, comprising: a wire structure formed into a generally U-shaped configuration including an end section, and a pair of bend arrangements a pair of clamping arms projecting from said end section, said clamping arms configured to grip the line when the line is positioned therebetween, a respective one of said arrangements disposed between each of said clamping arms and said end section, and said bend arrangements each including first, second, and third bends that cooperate to isolate said end section from the line supported by said clamping arms, said clamping arms each having a distal free end terminating said wire structure, and said distal free ends configured to interlock when the line is positioned between said clamping arms, wherein said second bend of each of said bend arrangements is located between said first bend of the respective bend arrangement and one of said clamping arms, said third bend of each of said bend arrangements is located between said first bend of the respective bend arrangement and said end section, said third bend of each of said bend arrangements is angled outwardly relative to said end section, said first bend of each of said bend arrangements is angled inwardly relative to said third bend of the respective bend arrangement, said second bend of each of said bend arrangements is angled outwardly relative to said first bend of the respective bend arrangement, said clamping arms lie in a plane, said distal free ends of said wire structure are bent approximately 90° out of said plane at said open end to more closely space stacked lines, and each of said distal free ends includes a first bend and a second bend between said first bend and one of said clamping arms, said first and second bends of each of said distal free ends defining arc lengths of the wire structure that are curved in opposite first and second directions.