Patent ID: 6953174

Claim:
A method of securely attaching a sway brace to a clamp comprising a jaw and a screw threadably movable towards said jaw, comprising the steps of: positioning said jaw of said clamp adjacent a wall of said brace; positioning an end of said screw of said clamp adjacent said wall of said brace such that said screw and said jaw are on opposed sides of said wall; rotating said screw to engage said wall of said brace such that said end of said screw forcibly contacts said wall of said brace; gripping said wall of said brace between said screw and said jaw with sufficient force to deform a portion of said wall into a recess formed on an inner surface of said jaw, wherein said clamp is connected to a first end of said brace; and connecting a second end of said brace to a load so that said load is suspended from a support.