Patent References 318195 681070 869332 2476863 3565380 InventorApplicationNo. 07/228256 filed on 08/04/1988US Classes:403/170, Three or more radiating members403/297, Expansible section403/395, One rod held between bight and other rod extending through aperture in leg of connector403/398Yoke or ring-type connectorExaminersPrimary: Kundrat, Andrew V.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesF16B 7/00 (20060101)F16B 7/14 (20060101) F16B 7/04 (20060101) F16B 12/00 (20060101) F16B 12/40 (20060101) AbstractA connector, for releasably securing and supporting as many as three elongate elements such as tubing, piping and the like along mutually perpendicular axes. The connector comprises a first U-shaped member, having parallel spaced arms extending from a base, with aligned openings in the arms spaced from the base. The openings are shaped and sized to receive one of the elongate elements therethrough. A second elongate element may be inserted into the space between the arms of the U, the base portion of the U and the first elongate element, perpendicularly to the latter. A lock mechanism on the U-shaped member is provided to secure the elements in frictional engagement. A second U-shaped member having parallel spaced arms connected by a base has its base attached to the base of the first U-shaped member. The spaced arms of the second U-shaped member are shaped and dimensioned to engage the end of a third elongate element, which is held in position by a second locking mechanism. | |