Patent ID: 8782864

Claim:
A system for preparing a pre-assembled hanger support, comprising: a bending tool operable to form a bight in a distal end of a structural wire, the bight having a transverse tail extending away from a shaft of the structural wire; and a wrapping tool comprising: a drive rotor having a clip attachment interface that removably supports a hanger clip, and that provides selective rotation of the hanger clip which imparts rotation to the structural wire; a wire support brace that supports the shaft of the structural wire in substantial co-axial alignment with an axis of rotation of the drive rotor; and a tail stop positioned to restrain rotation of the transverse tail, wherein the hanger clip is supported about the structural wire and positioned within the bight, and wherein the clip attachment interface includes a T-bar extending through a portion of the hanger clip through which the structural wire also extends, wherein rotation of the drive rotor rotates the hanger clip and shaft of the structural wire while maintaining the co-axial alignment, thereby causing the restrained transverse tail to wrap around the shaft and secure the hanger clip within an eyelet formed in the structural wire to form a pre-assembled hanger support.