Pipe clamp

Claim 1

IN A PIPE CLAMP OF THE TYPE HAVING AN MALLEABLE BAND WITH END PORTION SECURED IN LUGS, WITH THE LUGS IN PAIRS AND TIGHTENED TOGETHER BY BOLTS OF THE TYPE, HAVING A FLAT SIDED PORTION NEAR ITS HEAD END AND A SERIES OF THREADS AND ITS OPPOSITE END, SAID BOLTS BEING ALTERNATELY DISPOSED BETWEEN THE PAIR OF LUGS WITH THE HEAD ENDS AND THREADED ENDS OF ADJACENT BOLTS OPPOSITE EACH OTHER, THE COMBINATION WHEREIN EACH SAID LUG COMPRISES AN ELONGATED BASE MEMBER, AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF GENERALLY PARALLEL UPRIGHT AND CONNECTED PROJECTIONS FOR RECEIVING A THREADED END OF A BOLT AND SPACED THEREFROM AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF GENERALLY PARALLEL UPRIGHT AND UNCONNECTED PROJECTIONS ON SAID BASE MEMBER, SAID UNCONNECTED PROJECTIONS ON SAID LUGS DEFINED BETWEEN THEM AN OPEN SLOTS FOR RECEIVING THE FLAT-SIDED PORTION OF A BOLT, SIAD OPEN SLOTS BEING ALIGNED WITH OPENINGS FOR RECEIVING THE THREADED ENDS OF THE BOLTS WHICH ARE FORMED BY SAID PAIRS OF UPRIGHT AND CONNECTED PROJECTIONS ON THE BASE MEMBER OF THE OPPOSITE LUG, SAID CONNECTED PROJECTIONS ON BOTH SAID LUGS HAVING A BEARING FACE FOR A NUT ON THE BOLT EXTENDING THROUGH AN ALIGNED SLOT AND AN OPENING, STRENGTHENING MEANS EXTENDING BETWEEN THE BASE MEMBER OF EACH SAID LUG AND THE OUTSIDE SURFACE OF ONE OF EACH PAIR OF UNCONNECTED UPRIGHT PROJECTIONS, AND STRENGTHENING MEANS BEING ADJACENT THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE BOLT WHEN VIEWED FROM ITS THREADED END TOWARD THE OPPOSITE HEAD END AND OPERABLE TO PREVENT ANY SUBSTANTIAL DEFLECTION IN THE ADJACENT PROJECTION DUE TO THE FORCE EXTENDED ON IT WHEN A NUT IS TIGHTENED ON THE THREADED END OF THE BOLT.