Patent ID: 7281689

Claim:
A pipe support assembly for supporting a section of pipe from an overhead structure, said pipe support assembly comprising: a first support portion; a second support portion, at least one of said first and second support portions defining a pipe support surface for supporting the section of pipe, said first and second support portions cooperating to define a curved hanging portion generally radially opposed from said pipe support surface; a curved hanging element for hanging said first and second support portions from the overhead structure, said hanging element being disposed at least partially along said hanging portion of said first and second support portions; and said first and second support portions being joined together to retain at least a portion of said hanging element at least partially along said hanging portion and at least partially within and at least partially between said first and second support portions, wherein at least a portion of said first and second support portions at least partially overlaps said portion of said hanging element to limit radial movement of said portion of said hanging element relative to said first and second support portions when said first and second support portions are joined together to retain said portion of said hanging element, at least another portion of said hanging element being securable to the overhead structure to hang said first and second support portions and the section of pipe from the overhead structure.