Patent ID: 8608143

Claim:
A pipe clamp device for use with a standard vee head jack stand, the pipe clamp device comprising: an inverted U-shaped main body comprising a closed top end and an open bottom end, an inner surface and an outer surface; the open bottom end of the inverted U-shaped main body comprising a first stationary arm, having an inner surface and an outer surface, and having a lower end and a second stationary arm, having an inner surface and an outer surface, and having a lower end, wherein the second stationary arm comprises a second gripping ear at said lower end; the closed top end of the inverted U-shaped main body comprising a head, the head further comprising a threaded hole configured to receive a threaded rod; the threaded rod having a first end and a second end located within the threaded hole; and a first pivoting arm, having an inner surface and an outer surface, and having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first pivoting arm pivotably connected to the lower end of the first stationary arm by a first hinge, wherein the second end of the first pivoting arm comprises a first gripping ear where said U-shaped main body is an unitary structure across main body approximately from each mid-point connecting said first and second stationary arm with said first pivoting arm being connected approximately to the midpoint of said first end.