IP Library Granted Patent US 9,010,697
Granted Patent B1
US 9,010,697 · App. 13/937,440 · Granted Apr 21, 2015

Single anchor utility hanger

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Patent No.
US 9,010,697
App. No.
13/937,440
Granted
Apr 21, 2015
Kind
B1
Abstract

A hanger for utility pipe includes a base having a channel with a pivot at one end and a mounting hole at the other. An arcuate strap is pivotally mounted to the base at the pivot and includes a fastening hole extendible into the channel in alignment with the mounting hole. The strap includes a circular cylindrical segment between two straight parallel segments to receive a pipe between the strap and the base. A fastener is employed through the fastening hole and the mounting hole to attach the hanger to a supporting structure.

Claims (21)

1. A hanger for utility pipe, comprising

a base including a bottom, two sidewalls, an open channel in the base defined by the bottom and the two sidewalls, a pivot adjacent a first end of the channel and extending in the channel between the two sidewalls, and a mounting hole in the channel through the bottom adjacent a second end of the channel;

an arcuate strap pivotally mounted to the pivot adjacent a first end of the arcuate strap and including a fastening hole adjacent a second end of the arcuate strap, the arcuate strap extendable into the channel to an alignment of the fastening hole with the mounting hole, the open channel facing the strap.

2. The hanger of claim 1 , the two sidewalls having lower sections immediately adjacent the mounting hole.

3. The hanger of claim 2 , the two sidewalls each having a flange extending perpendicularly to and continuously along a length of the sidewall including across the lower sections.

4. The hanger of claim 3 , the two sidewalls each having a concavity facing the arcuate strap with alignment of the fastening hole with the mounting hole.

5. The hanger of claim 3 , the arcuate strap further including a circular cylindrical segment and a straight segment extending from either end of the circular cylindrical segment, the straight segments extending in parallel from the ends of the circular cylindrical segment into the channel in the base with the circular cylindrical segment displaced from the channel and with alignment of the fastening hole with the mounting hole in the channel in the base, the two sidewalls each having a concavity facing the arcuate strap with alignment of the fastening hole with the mounting hole through the bottom.

6. The hanger of claim 1 further comprising

a threaded fastener extendable through the fastening hole and the mounting hole when the holes are aligned, the base having an exterior planar surface extending from the first end to the second end through which the threaded fastener extends.

7. The hanger of claim 1 , the arcuate strap having two mutually parallel straight segments and a circular cylindrical segment therebetween, the straight segments extending in parallel from the ends of the circular cylindrical segment into the channel in the base with the circular cylindrical segment displaced from the channel and with alignment of the fastening hole with the mounting hole in the channel, a distance between the mutually parallel straight segments being equal to a distance from the center of the circular segment to the two sidewalls.

8. A hanger for utility pipe, comprising

a base including a bottom, two sidewalls, an open channel in the base defined by the bottom and the two sidewalls, a pivot adjacent a first end of the channel and extending in the channel between the two sidewalls, and a mounting hole in the channel through the bottom adjacent a second end of the channel;

an arcuate strap pivotally mounted to the pivot adjacent a first end of the arcuate strap and including a fastening hole adjacent a second end of the arcuate strap, the arcuate strap extendable into the channel to an alignment of the fastening hole with the mounting hole;

a threaded fastener extendable through the fastening hole and the mounting hole when the holes are aligned, the arcuate strap further including two mutually parallel straight segments and a circular cylindrical segment therebetween, the straight segments extending in parallel from the ends of the circular cylindrical segment into the channel in the base with the circular cylindrical segment displaced from the channel and with alignment of the fastening hole with the mounting hole in the bottom, a distance between the mutually parallel straight segments being equal to a distance from the center of the circular segment to the two sidewalls with alignment of the fastening hole with the mounting hole, the open channel facing the strap, the base having an exterior planar surface extending from the first end to the second end through which the threaded fastener extends.

9. A hanger for utility pipe, comprising

a base including a bottom, two sidewalls, an open channel in the base defined by the bottom and the two sidewalls, a pivot adjacent a first end of the channel and extending in the channel between the two sidewalls, and a mounting hole through the bottom adjacent a second end of the channel;

an arcuate strap pivotally mounted to the pivot adjacent a first end of the arcuate strap and including a fastening hole adjacent a second end of the arcuate strap, the arcuate strap extendable into the channel to an alignment of the fastening hole with the mounting hole, the two sidewalls each having a concavity facing the arcuate strap with alignment of the fastening hole with the mounting hole, the arcuate strap further including two mutually parallel straight segments and a circular cylindrical segment therebetween, the straight segments extending in parallel from the ends of the circular cylindrical segment into the channel in the base with the circular cylindrical segment displaced from the channel and with alignment of the fastening hole with the mounting hole in the bottom, the open channel facing the strap.

10. The hanger of claim 9 , the two sidewalls each having a lower section immediately adjacent the mounting hole and a flange extending perpendicularly and continuously along a length of the sidewall across the reduced height.

11. The hanger of claim 9 , the concavity on the sidewalls defining a surface diameter coincident with the surface diameter of the semicircular cylindrical segment.

12. The hanger of claim 9 further comprising

a threaded fastener extendable through and beyond the fastening hole and the mounting hole when the holes are aligned, the base having an exterior planar surface through which the threaded fastener extends.

Assignments (17)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2024
From: ASC ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS, LLC; THE RELIABLE AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CO. INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 068294/0382 →
RELEASE (REEL 049314 / FRAME 0619) Recorded Jul 11, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: FLO-RITE PRODUCTS COMPANY LLC; FLO-RITE ENERGY SALES, LLC; ANVIL INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 068284/0226 →
RELEASE (REEL 049312 / FRAME 0447) Recorded Jul 11, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: FLO-RITE PRODUCTS COMPANY LLC; FLO-RITE ENERGY SALES, LLC; ANVIL INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 068284/0213 →
RELEASE (REEL 049352 / FRAME 0012) Recorded Jul 11, 2024
From: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
To: FLO-RITE PRODUCTS COMPANY LLC; FLO-RITE ENERGY SALES, LLC; ANVIL INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 068284/0113 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2024
From: ASC ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS, LLC
To: KKR LOAN ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 068264/0104 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 11, 2021
From: ANVIL INTERNATIONAL, LLC
To: ASC ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 056787/0792 →
SECOND LIEN PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 3, 2019
From: FLO-RITE PRODUCTS COMPANY LLC; FLO-RITE ENERGY SALES, LLC; ANVIL INTERNATIONAL, LLC
To: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 049352/0012 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT (FIRST LIEN) Recorded May 30, 2019
From: FLO-RITE PRODUCTS COMPANY LLC; FLO-RITE ENERGY SALES, LLC; ANVIL INTERNATIONAL, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 049314/0619 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT (ABL) Recorded May 29, 2019
From: FLO-RITE PRODUCTS COMPANY LLC; FLO-RITE ENERGY SALES, LLC; ANVIL INTERNATIONAL, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 049312/0447 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ANVIL INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 049301/0723 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ANVIL INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 049301/0700 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2017
From: ANVIL INTERNATIONAL, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 044342/0847 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2017
From: ANVIL INTERNATIONAL, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 043402/0872 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2017
From: CERBERUS BUSINESS FINANCE, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ANVIL INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 043156/0052 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Apr 28, 2017
From: ANVIL INTERNATIONAL, LLC
To: CERBERUS BUSINESS FINANCE, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 042366/0801 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2017
From: KRISCHNER, KRAIG A
To: AUTOMATIC FIRE CONTROL, INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 042063/0800 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2017
From: AUTOMATIC FIRE CONTROL, INCORPORATED
To: ANVIL INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 042275/0731 →