Cross arm hanger support

• US 4,018,538 A
• Filed: 06/17/1975
• Issued: 04/19/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Flexible Flyer Acquisition Corporation
• Original Assignee: Gym-Dandy Incorporated
• Inventors: Smyrni, Emanuel S., White, Bobbie L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shedd, Wayne L.
• Application Number:
  US05/587,798
• Time in Patent Office: 672 Days
• Field of Search: 403/362, 403/346, 403/347, 403/375, 403/382, 403/398, 403/399, 403/400, 403/403, 248/370, 272/85, 272/86, 272/87, 272/88, 272/89, 272/90, 272/91, 272/92
• US Class Current: 403/346
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2/065 using screw-thread elements F16B2/08 - F16B2/12 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7001 Crossed rods
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7041 including set screw

Abstract

A cross arm hanger support is disclosed and adapted to be attached to a gym set pipe of 2 inch OD or 21/2 OD for suspending therefrom a hanger for a swing glider, pendulum seesaw, lawn glider, and the like. The support includes a cross arm and a clamp each of which have at least one set screw to prevent rotation of the support relative to the pipe. The cross arm is slit to provide for expansion of the same when it is applied to a 21/2 inch OD pipe.

Claims

1. A cross arm hanger support adapted to be attached to a horizontally disposed gym set pipe comprising

a. a cross arm having portions converging upwardly from free ends to an apex, said cross arm having generally semi-circular lower edges adjacent and below the apex thereof, each of said portions including a top wall having a hole therein, each of said holes being elongated in a direction towards said apex,

b. a clamp having a flange at each end of a centrally disposed arcuate portion, each flange being generally parallel to one of said top walls, each flange having a hole aligned with one of said holes in said top walls, a bolt for each set of aligned holes,

c. at least one set screw supported by said cross arm adjacent the apex thereof, at least one set screw supported by said clamp, said set screws being adapted to contact the OD of a pipe to prevent relative rotation of the arm and clamp with respect to the pipe,

d. means at the free ends of said portions for rotatably supporting a hanger, and

e. said cross arm lower edges having one or more arcuately spaced slits extending radially outwardly from said lower edges to permit the lower edges to accommodate and conform to a pipe having an OD of about 2 inches to 21/2 inches.

2. A support in accordance with claim 1 wherein said top walls converge toward the apex with the included angle being approximately 90°

, and said lower edge having an arcuate length of about 180°

-195°

.

3. A support in accordance with claim 1 wherein said clamp has two set screws arcuately spaced from one another along said central arcuate portion for a distance of between 60°

and 120°

.

4. A support in accordance with claim 1 wherein each of said set screws is of the self tapping type and extend generally toward one another.

5. A support in accordance with claim 1 wherein the diameter of said lower edges is approximately 2 inches, and said edges having at least two slits to facilitate expansion of the diameter of said edges up to 21/2 inches.

6. A support in accordance with claim 1 wherein the radius of curvature of said arcuate portion of said clamp is greater than the radius of curvature of said lower edges.