Pipe hanger

Claim 1

A pipe hanger comprising: A. a pair of elongated aligned opposed L-shaped elements each having a leg and a web at substantially a right angle to said leg; B. a plurality of spaced pipe receiving portions carried in each leg; C. said pipe receiving portions of one leg being in alignment with complementary pipe receiving portions of the other leg in opposed pipe receiving relation thereto with said legs overlapping in gripping engagement with said pipes; D. a single spacer having a longitudinal opening therein positioned between opposed webs; E. each of said webs having an opening therein aligned with said longitudinal opening in said spacer; F. an elongated threaded hanger passing through said opening in each of said webs and through said longitudinal opening in said spacer; G. a threaded fastening means threadably carried on said elongated hanger on each side of said opposed webs retaining said opposed elements and spacer for exerting a gripping force on said pipes and for adjustably mounting on said hanger as a unitary assembly; I. said spacer is positioned centrally of said elongated elements with complementary pipe receiving portions carried on each side thereof; and J. a second pair of such elongated aligned opposed elements with an additional such spacer adjustably mounted upon said hanger with threaded fastening means on each side thereof; whereby a plurality of spaced pipes may be received and retained in respective pipe receiving portions and carried upon a single hanger.