Pipe suspension means

Claim 1

AN INFINITELY VARIABLE ADJUSTMENT PIPE SUSPENSION COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) A FLEXIBLE SUSPENSION BAND, (B) MEANS ON SAID BAND ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF, FOR FASTENING THE BAND TO AN OVERLYING SUPPORT, (C) A CLIP BAND ADAPTED TO BE PLACED AROUND A PIPE, SAID CLIP BAND BEING IN THE FORM OF A LOOP AND HAVING END FLANGES WHICH MAY BE DRAWN TOGETHER TO CAUSE THE CLIP BAND TO EMBRACE THE PIPE, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID END FLANGES HAVING A SLOT, SAID FLANGES BEING REGISTRABLE WITH EACH OTHER ABOVE SAID PIPE, (D) SAID CLIP BAND BEIND SEPARATE FROM THE SUSPENSION BAND AND THE CLIP BAND FLANGES HAVING OUTER BEARING SURFACES AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS ABOVE SAID SLOT, (E) SAID SUSPENSION BAND PASSING THROUGH SAID SLOT AND BEING BENT BACK THROUGH A FLAT ANGLE TO ENGAGE AN OUTER BEARING SURFACE, (F) A CLAMP RING EXTENDING AROUND HOLDING PORTIONS OF THE SUSPENSION BAND WHICH ADJOIN SAID BEND THEREOF, (G) SAID CLAMP RING AROUND SAID SLOT OF THE FLANGE AND AROUND THE BEND OF THE SUSPENSION BAND, (H) THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE CLAMP RING BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH THE LOOP OF SAID CLIP BAND, (I) SAID CLAMP RING CLAMPING A HOLDING PORTION OF THE SUSPENSION BAND AGAINST SAID BEARING SURFACE LOCATED ABOVE SAID SLOT.