Patent ID: 8915110

Claim:
A method of forming an arcuate saddle for supporting pipe, comprising: forming a first substantially rectangular flat metal saddle blank having a length and a width, wherein said saddle blank defines two parallel length sides and two parallel width sides wherein said blank defines corners wherein said length sides are substantially perpendicular to said width sides; cutting convex arcuate curves in the leading edge of said first saddle blank in a first cutting cycle using a pair of pierce punches; cutting rounded corner portions in the trailing edge of said first saddle blank and concurrently cutting rounded corner portions for the leading edge of a succeeding saddle blank in a second cutting cycle using said pierce punches in a second cutting cycle; and, forming said first substantially rectangular saddle blank into an arcuate saddle shape defined by a constant radius, wherein said arcuate saddle shape defines an interior channel having open ends sized to engage only the lower half of a supported pipe and concurrently cutting rounded corner portions in the trailing edge of said succeeding saddle blank in a third cutting cycle.