IP Library Granted Patent US 12,455,021
Granted Patent B2
US 12,455,021 · App. 18/273,775 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Pipe fastener

Inventors: Frank Sommer (Balingen, DE); Andreas Massold (Balingen, DE)
Assignee: SOMA GmbH & Co. KG
F16L3/13F16L3/222
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Patent No.
US 12,455,021
App. No.
18/273,775
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pipe clip that is designed with identical L-shaped fingers on opposite sides, serving as connecting devices, which can be connected, by pivoting, to pipe clips that bear on one another with the sides thereof, so that a row of pipe clips can be formed, of which only every second, third, or fifth has to be screwed to, for example, a wall or ceiling.

Claims (20)

1. A pipe fastener for fastening a pipe to an attachment base along an attachment side, the pipe fastener comprising a connecting device, which can be connected to a mating connecting device of a further pipe fastener by form fit of the connecting device with the mating connecting device, whereby the pipe fasteners can be connected to one another so as to be disposed next to one another, pipe axes at the pipe fasteners of attached pipes extending parallel, and the pipe fastener comprising the connecting device on one side and a mating connecting device on an opposite side, so that a plurality of identically constructed pipe fasteners can be detachably connected to one another so as to be disposed next to one another in a straight row, pipe axes at the pipe fasteners of fastened pipes extending parallel,

wherein the connecting device of the pipe fastener can be connected to the mating connecting device of the further pipe fastener by pivoting of the pipe fastener with respect to the further pipe fastener about a pivoting axis that is parallel to the attachment side of the pipe fastener and which pivoting axis is in a plane that is perpendicular to a pipe axis of a pipe that is fastened at the pipe fastener, and which connecting device can be detached from the mating connecting device by pivoting of the pipe fastener with respect to the further pipe fastener about the same pivoting axis,

wherein the mating connecting device is identical to the connecting device when viewed from their respective sides,

wherein the connecting device comprises a finger on a side surface that is parallel to the pipe axis of a pipe fastened to the pipe fastener, and the mating connecting device has an undercut on an opposite side, and that the finger can latchingly engage the undercut of the mating connecting device of the further pipe fastener by the pivoting of the pipe fastener with respect to the further, identically constructed pipe fastener, and

wherein the finger has a chamfer at a free end.

2. The pipe fastener according to claim 1 , wherein the pipe fastener has a screw hole for the attachment to the attachment base.

3. The pipe fastener according to claim 2 , wherein an axis of the screw hole extends radially with respect to the pipe axis of a pipe fastened to the pipe fastener and/or radially or tangentially with respect to the axis about which the connected pipe fasteners can be pivoted relative to one another for detachment.

4. The pipe fastener according to claim 1 , wherein the finger is disposed on a side of a radial center plane of the pipe fastener radial with respect to the pipe axis of a pipe fastened to the pipe fastener.

5. A pipe fastener for fastening a pipe to an attachment base, the pipe fastener comprising a connecting device, which can be connected to a mating connecting device of a further pipe fastener by form fit of the connecting device with the mating connecting device, whereby the pipe fasteners can be connected to one another so as to be disposed next to one another, pipe axes at the pipe fasteners of attached pipes extending parallel, and the pipe fastener comprising the connecting device on one side and a mating connecting device on an opposite side, so that a plurality of identically constructed pipe fasteners can be detachably connected to one another so as to be disposed next to one another in a straight row, pipe axes at the pipe fasteners of fastened pipes extending parallel,

wherein the connecting device of the pipe fastener can be connected to the mating connecting device of the further pipe fastener by pivoting of the pipe fastener with respect to the further pipe fastener and can be detached from the mating connecting device by pivoting of the pipe fastener with respect to the further pipe fastener,

wherein the mating connecting device is identical to the connecting device when viewed from their respective sides,

wherein the connecting device comprises a finger on a side surface that is parallel to the pipe axis of a pipe fastened to the pipe fastener, and the mating connecting device has an undercut on an opposite side, and that the finger can latchingly engage the undercut of the mating connecting device of the further pipe fastener by the pivoting of the pipe fastener with respect to the further, identically constructed pipe fastener, and

wherein the finger is L-shaped, as viewed looking at the side of the pipe fastener on which the connecting device is located.

6. The pipe fastener according to claim 1 , wherein the finger transitions with an angled section into the side of the pipe fastener which comprises the connecting device, so that the finger is spaced apart from the opposite side of the pipe fastener.

7. A pipe fastener for fastening a pipe to an attachment base, the pipe fastener comprising a connecting device, which can be connected to a mating connecting device of a further pipe fastener by form fit of the connecting device with the mating connecting device, whereby the pipe fasteners can be connected to one another so as to be disposed next to one another, pipe axes at the pipe fasteners of attached pipes extending parallel, and the pipe fastener comprising the connecting device on one side and a mating connecting device on an opposite side, so that a plurality of identically constructed pipe fasteners can be detachably connected to one another so as to be disposed next to one another in a straight row, pipe axes at the pipe fasteners of fastened pipes extending parallel,

wherein the connecting device of the pipe fastener can be connected to the mating connecting device of the further pipe fastener by pivoting of the pipe fastener with respect to the further pipe fastener and can be detached from the mating connecting device by pivoting of the pipe fastener with respect to the further pipe fastener,

wherein the mating connecting device is identical to the connecting device when viewed from their respective sides,

wherein the connecting device comprises a finger on a side surface that is parallel to the pipe axis of a pipe fastened to the pipe fastener, and the mating connecting device has an undercut on an opposite side, and that the finger can latchingly engage the undercut of the mating connecting device of the further pipe fastener by the pivoting of the pipe fastener with respect to the further, identically constructed pipe fastener, and

wherein the finger has a side that is flush with an attachment side of the pipe fastener.

8. The pipe fastener according to claim 1 , wherein the pipe fastener has a recess, adjoining an attachment side, in the side that is part of the connecting device and/or of the mating connecting device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2023
From: SOMMER, FRANK; MASSOLD, ANDREAS
To: SOMA GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 064706/0986 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2023
From: SOMMER, FRANK; MASSOLD, ANDREAS
To: SOMA GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 064617/0878 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 21154084 · Jan 28, 2021 · regional
Continuity (1)
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