Fastener and distance means for tubes and conductors

Claim 1

A SPACER DEVICE FOR SECURING ELECTRIC CONDUIT OR THE LIKE TO THE WOODEN FROM IN CONCRETE WORK, COMPRISING FIRST AND SECONED ELEMENTS FORMED FROM A DEFORMABLE SYNTHETIC RESIN, EACH ELEMENT COMPRISING AN ELONGATE BODY PORTION HAVING LEGS AT EACH END THEREOF, SAID BODY PORTION HAVING AT LEAST ONE TRANSVERSE RECESS OF SEMICYLINDRICAL SHAPE, SAID ELEMENTS BEING ARRANGED IN OPPOSED RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID RECESSES COOPERATING TO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL OPENING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN ELECTRIC CONDUIT OR THE LIKE, THE OPPOSITELY DISPOSED LEGS AT EITHER END OF SAID PAIR OF ELEMENTS HAVING ALIGNED BORES, A FINISHING NAIL DISPOSED IN EACH SET OF ALIGNED BORES WITH THE ENLARGED HEAD END OF SAID NAIL ENGAGING THE OUTER END OF THE LEG OF SAID FIRST ELEMENT AND WITH THE POINTED END THEREOF EXTENDING BEYOND THE OUTER END OF THE LEG OF SAID SECOND ELEMENT, THE OUTER END OF THE LEG OF SAID FIRST ELEMENT BEING OF TUBULAR CONFIGURATION WITH A COMPARATIVELY THIN WALL PORTION, AND AT LEAST THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE LENGTH OF THE BORE OF EACH LEG BEING OF A DIAMETER GREATER THAT THE DIAMETER OF SID ENLARGED HEAD END PORTION, SAID OUTER END OF THE BORE OF THE LEG OF SAID FIRST ELEMENT BEING OF A DIAMETER LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID ENLARGED HEAD END PORTION AND, BEING DEFORMABLE, PROVIDING YIELDING ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID LEG AND SAID NAIL, SAID YIELDING ENGAGEMENT PERMITTING SAID NAIL TO BE PULLED POINT FIRST THROUGH SAID ALIGNED BORES.