Shower pipe hanger

Claim 1

A SHOWER PIPE HANGER ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON A SHOWER PIPE THAT HAS A DOWNWARD BEND THEREIN, SAID HANGER COMPRISING A GENERALLY TUBULAR BODY HAVING INTERNAL SURFACE MEANS DEFINING A PASSAGE THERETHROUGH THAT IS GENERALLY ROUND IN CROSS-SECTION AND IS CURVED IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION, SAID PASSAGE BEING ADAPTED TO HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME DIAMETER AND LONGITUDINAL CURVATURE AS THE BEND IN A SHOWER PIPE, SAID BODY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SECTIONS EACH OF WHICH IS ADAPTED TO ENCOMPASS PART OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF A SHOWER PIPE, SAID SECTIONS HAVING LOCKING MEANS THEREON FOR INTERENGAGEMENT OF THE SECTIONS, SAID HANGER BEING MOUNTABLE ON A SHOWER PIPE BY INTERENGAGEMENT THEREOF IN GENERALLY CIRCUMSCRIBING RELATIONSHIP ABOUT A SHOWER PIPE IN THE REGION OF THE BED WITH THE LONGITUDINAL CURVATURE OF SAID PASSAGE THROUGH THE BODY OF THE HANGER AND THE BEND IN A SHOWER PIPE SIMILARLY ORIENTED SO AS TO SECURE THE HANGER AGAINST BOTH LONGITUDINAL AND LATERAL SHIFTING MOVEMENT REALTIVE TO A SHOWER PIPE.