Pipe-mounting device

Claim 1

A MOUNTING DEVICE FOR ATTACHING A MEMBER HAVING A CLOSED PERIPHERY TO A SURFACE OF A STRUCTURE, COMPRISING AN INTEGRAL CLAMPING BODY HAVING AN ABUTMENT PORTION ADAPTED TO REST AGAINST A STRUCTURE SURFACE AND A THROUGHGOING OPENING OF A CONFIGURATION GENERALLY SIMILAR TO THAT OF SAID MEMBER FOR RECEIVING THE LATTER, SAID BODY BEING PROVIDED WITH A SLOT EXTENDING FROM THE PERIPHERY OF SAID BODY TO SAID OPENING GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE BOTTOM CONTACTING SURFACE OF SAID BODY AND SPACED FROM SAID ABUTMENT PORTION, SAID SLOT SUBDIVIDING SAID BODY INTO A PAIR OF CLAMPING PORTIONS LATERALLY OFFSET FROM SAID OPENING FOR CLAMPING SAID MEMBER THEREWITH UPON DRAWING OF SAID CLAMPING PORTIONS TOGETHER; MEANS FOR DRAWING SAID CLAMPING PORTIONS TOGETHER; AND GENERALLY TUBULAR FASTENING MEANS INTEGRAL WITH SAID BODY AND PROJECTING FROM SAID ABUTMENT PORTION TRANSVERSELY TO SAID SLOT FOR EXTENDING INTO A HOLE FORMED IN THE STRUCTURE SURFACE, SAID BODY HAVING AT LEAST ONE BORE ALIGNED WITH SAID FASTENING MEANS AND OPENING AT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID BODY FOR PASSING AN ELEMENT INTO SAID FASTENING MEANS TO SECURE SAID BODY TO SAID STRUCTURE.