Patent ID: 7063299

Claim:
A method of suspending equipment from an overhead structural member comprising driving into the overhead member a pair of drop-in anchors spaced apart, providing a suspension strand with a screwthreaded portion at one end, screwing the screwthreaded portion on the strand into one of the drop-in anchors, screwing into the other drop-in anchor a bolt having a head with a lateral hole, passing the free end of the suspension strand round the equipment to be suspended, then through one bore of a locking device of the type having twin bores at least onc of which is associated with wedging means preventing withdrawal in the opposite direction to insertion, next passing the free end of the suspension strand through the lateral hole in the bolt passing the free end of the suspension strand through the other bore of the aforesaid device, and finally pulling the free end of the suspension strand through the locking device and the lateral hole in the bolt until the equipment is secured in contact with the overhead member.