Clamp for conduit or the like

Claim 1

A CLAMP FOR CONDUIT OR THE LIKE COMPRISING, A BACK SUPPORT FOR FIXED ATTACHMENT TO A WALL SURFACE, A PAIR OF SPACED WALL COEXTENDING IN LIKE DIRECTION OUTWARDLY FROM SAID BACK SUPPORT, EACH COEXTENDING WALL HAVING A PAIR OF JAW MEMBERS DEFINED BY CONFRONTING CLAMPING SURFACES, EACH WALL ALSO HAVING A SLOT PROVIDED WITH AN OPEN END IN THE PLANE OF SAID CLAMPING SURFACES THEREOF AND AN OPPOSITE CLOSED END ADJACENT SAID BACK SUPPORT, SAID PAIRS OF JAW MEMBERS FORMING A SEAT FOR RECEIVING A TUBULAR CONDUIT OR THE LIKE, SAID PAIRS OF JAW MEMBERS ALSO HAVING OUTER ENDS FORMING A SEPARATION THROUGH WHICH SAID TUBULAR CONDUIT IS INSERTED UPON POSITIONING SAME INTO SAID SEAT, SAID WALL SLOTS ALLOWING MUTUAL SEPARATION AND MUTUAL CONVERGENCE OF THE CORRELATED PAIRS OF JAW MEMBERS, RESPECTIVELY, TO SEAT AN AXIAL LENGTH OF CONDUIT AND TO CLAMP SAME BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS, SAID BACK SUPPORT BEING TEMPORARILY BENT IN AN OUTWARDLY DIRECTION SO AS TO SPACE THE REGION OF SAID BACK SUPPORT ADJACENT THE CLOSED ENDS OF SAID SLOTS RELATIVELY FAR FROM SAID WALL SURFACE THEREBY RESULTING IN THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID JAW MEMBERS TO BE SPACED APART FOR INSERTABLE SEATING OF THE TUBULAR CONDUIT THEREIN, THE TEMPORARILY BENT BACK SUPPORT BEING BRACED AGAINST SAID WALL SURFACE AT ITS UPPER AND LOWER ENDS AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE APEX OF THE BEND, AND MEANS ENGAGING SAID BACK SUPPORT FOR BENDING SAME ABOUT THE CLOSED SLOT ENDS IN A DIRECTION TO CONVERGE THE OPEN SLOT ENDS AND ALSO THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID JAW MEMBERS THEREWITH FOR CLAMPING SAID SEATED CONDUIT, SAID BACK SUPPORT BEING RELATIVELY FLATTENED AGAINST SAID WALL SURFACE UPON SAID LAST-MENTIONED BENDING OPERATION, SAID MEANS BEING LATERALLY OFF-SET WITH RESPECT TO SAID JAW MEMBERS TO PERMIT ACCESSIBILITY AND OPERATION OF SAID MEANS AFTER SAID CONDUIT IS SEATED IN SAID JAW MEMBERS.