Plumbing hanger bracket assembly

• US 5,060,892 A
• Filed: 09/24/1990
• Issued: 10/29/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Glen Dougherty
• Original Assignee: Glen Dougherty
• Inventors: Dougherty, Glen
• Primary Examiner(s): CHIN SHUE, ALVIN C
• Application Number:
  US07/587,077
• Time in Patent Office: 400 Days
• Field of Search: 248/57, 248/68.1, 248/225.1, 248/70, 248/200.1
• US Class Current: 248/57
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/021 Devices for positioning or connecting of water supply lines connection to the tap body E03C1/0403
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 3/221 having brackets connected together by means of a common support

Abstract

A hanger bracket assembly for water pipes having a pair of telescopic bracket sections formed with end flanges for attachment to vertical spaced studs of a building under construction. The bracket sections have openings through which a water supply pipe may extend. A pair of plastic sleeve members have openings alignable with selected openings of the bracket sections for further support of the pipe section.

Claims

1. A plumbing hanger bracket assembly comprising

elongated first and second bracket members having opposed end portions attach to spaced supports, said first and second bracket members being retained in telescopic relation to each other for varying the spacing between said end portions, said first bracket member including a plurality of circular openings disposed along the length thereof,

a plurality of sleeve members being mounted for relative movement on said first bracket member, each of said sleeve members having an opening for alignment with one of said plurality of openings of said first bracket member, said opening of each of said sleeve members and said one of said plurality of openings of said first bracket member being arranged to receive respective fluid pipe sections for support,

said first and second bracket members having complimentary modified U-shaped edge portions, said complimentary edge portions of said second bracket member overlapping said edge portions of said first bracket member along a variable portion of the length of said first bracket member,

said second bracket member having an elongated slot for permitting the respective pipe sections to extend therethrough, and

said plurality of sleeve members having opposed edge portions being slideably retained in said U-shaped edge portions of said first bracket member.

2. The hanger bracket assembly according to claim 1 wherein said plurality of sleeve members are plastic.

3. The hanger bracket assembly according to claim 1 wherein said plurality of sleeve members have a base including a pair of parallel edge portions forming said opposed edge portions.