US 12,215,734 B2
Strut and clip assembly for stiffening a hanger rod
Daniel C. Duggan, Chesterfield, MO (US)
Assigned to ERICO International Corporation, Solon, OH (US)
Filed by ERICO International Corporation, Solon, OH (US)
Filed on May 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/310,499.
Application 15/246,321 is a division of application No. 14/919,567, filed on Oct. 21, 2015, granted, now 9,441,656, issued on Sep. 13, 2016.
Application 18/310,499 is a continuation of application No. 17/532,326, filed on Nov. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,639,732.
Application 17/532,326 is a continuation of application No. 16/877,191, filed on May 18, 2020, granted, now 11,181,136.
Application 16/877,191 is a continuation of application No. 16/057,562, filed on Aug. 7, 2018, granted, now 10,662,990, issued on May 26, 2020.
Application 16/057,562 is a continuation of application No. 15/246,321, filed on Aug. 24, 2016, granted, now 10,087,967, issued on Oct. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/066,964, filed on Oct. 22, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0265873 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. A47G 29/02 (2006.01); F16B 2/14 (2006.01); F16B 2/18 (2006.01); F16B 7/04 (2006.01); F16L 3/00 (2006.01); F16L 3/24 (2006.01); F16L 3/11 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 7/0413 (2013.01) [F16B 2/14 (2013.01); F16B 2/185 (2013.01); F16L 3/00 (2013.01); F16L 3/2431 (2019.08); F16L 3/11 (2013.01); F16L 3/24 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing stiffness to a hanger rod that is received by a strut, the method comprising:
aligning the hanger rod within a channel of the strut, with the hanger rod extending along an elongate direction of the channel;
inserting a hanger-rod clip into the channel in an insertion direction that is transverse to the elongate direction, so that a rod-engaging wall of the hanger-rod clip engages the hanger rod within the channel; and
moving a handle of the hanger-rod clip to place the hanger-rod clip in a secured configuration with wings of the hanger-rod clip engaging inner surfaces of the strut on opposing sides of the channel to resiliently urge the hanger rod, via the rod-engaging wall, into an internal wall of the channel.