Patent ID: 8505856

Claim:
A suspension and restraint system for restraining a suspended component suspendingly supported from an overhead support surface, comprising: a pair of laterally spaced anchor members adapted to be fixedly mounted within the overhead support surface at laterally spaced positions; said pair of laterally spaced anchor members respectively having a longitudinal axis, a hanger member for suspending the component from the support surface, and connector structure interconnecting said hanger member to a respective one of said anchor members for permitting said hanger member to be pivotally movable, with respect to said longitudinal axis of said anchor member, throughout a range of movement of substantially 0°-90° with respect to said longitudinal axis of said anchor member such that said hanger member will always be vertically plumb regardless of a particular angular inclination of the support surface upon which the anchor member is fixedly mounted; and structure for interconnecting the component to said pair of laterally spaced anchor members for not only suspendingly supporting the component from the overhead support surface, but in addition, for positionally restraining the component from undergoing movements in opposite lateral directions.