US Patent Issued to James Stoddard on Oct. 20 for "Double offset hanger bracket" (California, Nevada Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,472, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to James Stoddard (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Double offset hanger bracket" was invented by James E. Grimes (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Rodney Johnson (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A double offset hanger bracket for supporting a pipe relative to a structural framing member is disclosed. The double offset hanger bracket is configured to reference orthogonal surfaces of the framing member and to position the pipe by controlled tangential engagement with external surfaces of the pipe without measurement. Once installed, the double offset bracket enforces predetermined vertical pipe positioning and...