ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,946, issued on March 3, was assigned to Inaba Denki Sangyo Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Pipe support member" was invented by Akira Shimizu (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe support member (1) includes a restraint member (10) configured to be fixed to a base metal fitting (70) by fastening a first bolt (B1) and a first nut (N1) screwed thereto in a state of surrounding an outer peripheral surface of a pipe to hold the pipe; and a nut holding member (50) configured to be attachably and detachably attached to the restraint member (10) directly or indirectly such that the first nut (N1) is disposed at an attached position ...