US 12,392,425 B2
Pipe supports and pipe support kits
Warren Rochester, Sydney (AU)
Appl. No. 18/280,183
Filed by Warren Rochester, Sydney (AU)
PCT Filed Feb. 28, 2022, PCT No. PCT/AU2022/050159
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 1, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/183237, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021900577 (AU), filed on Mar. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0142023 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. F16L 3/133 (2006.01); F16L 3/10 (2006.01); F16L 3/11 (2006.01); F16L 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 3/133 (2013.01) [F16L 3/1091 (2013.01); F16L 3/11 (2013.01); F16L 3/1218 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A kit for use in suspending pipework in a building, the kit comprising:
a pipe support;
a retaining member comprising:
a threaded through hole configured to engage a threaded rod;
an upwardly facing support surface configured to support the pipe support; and
a first inwardly facing locating surface configured to trap the pipe support in association with the retaining member;
a second inwardly facing locating surface that face towards the first inwardly facing locating surface; and
a boss configured to be received in an open-ended slot of the pipe support; and
the pipe support comprising:
a pipe supporting region configured to receive and support a pipe; and
an attachment region for attaching the pipe support to a threaded rod to suspend the pipe support from the threaded rod;
wherein the attachment region comprises a rod receiving aperture in the form of an open-ended slot; and
wherein the threaded rod can be introduced into the rod receiving aperture by bringing the pipe support towards the threaded rod in a direction that is perpendicular to the length of the threaded rod.