US2478100A

US2478100A - Rain water conductor bracket

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Publication number: US2478100A
Application number: US782923A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harry H Histand
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1947-10-29
Filing date: 1947-10-29
Publication date: 1949-08-02
Anticipated expiration: 1966-08-02

Description

Aug. 2, 1949.

H. H. HISTAND 2,478,100

RAIN WATER CONDUCTOR BRACKET Filed Oct. 29, 194'? HHHz'a fan i Patented Aug. 2, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RAIN WATER. CONDUCTOR BRACKET Harry H. Histand, Doylestown, Pa.

Application October 29, 1947, Serial No. 782,928

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a supporting bracket for down spouts or drain pipes.

An object of this invention is to provide an improved bracket or support for drain pipes which are secured to the outer side of a building, and provides an improved means whereby the pipe will be firmly supported by substantially concealed brackets.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved bracket which is engaged with the lower end of an upper pipe section, for supporting the upper pipe section, the bracket being secured at a point below the upper pipe section and concealed by the succeeding pipe section.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bracket of this kind which can be constructed out of a flat strip of metal which may be nailed or otherwise firmly secured to the outer side of the building.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a detail rear elevation, partly in section, of a bracket constructed according to an embodiment of this invention,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a detail front elevation of the bracket.

Referring to the drawing, the numerals I and II designate generally a pair of drain pipe sections which are telescopically connected together. In order to provide a means whereby the pipes may be suspendingly supported from the outer side of a building designated B, I have provided a bracket which is formed out of a single strip of flat material. The bracket generally designated as [4 comprises a base strip I5 which is formed with a plurality of vertically spaced apart horizontal elongated slots 13. Nails l6 are adapted to be extended through selected ones of the slots l3 so that the plate IE will be firmly secured to the outer side of the building B.

The lower end of the plate or strip [5 has extending right angularly therefrom a pair of tangs or points I! which are adapted to be driven into the side of the building B. The strip or plate l5 has extending from the upper end thereof a right angularly disposed supporting arm I8, and the arm I8 has depending therefrom a hook 19. The hook l9 includes a shank 20 which is formed with an upwardly extending bill 2|. The shank 20 is adapted to be interposed between the telescoping portions of the pipe sections II and I2, as shown 2 in Figure 2, and the bill 2| is adapted to be extended underneath the lower end of the pipe section II and upwardly interiorly of this pipe section.

The hook I9 is slightly narrower in width than the supporting arm I8 so as to thereby form a pair of outwardly extending lugs 22 which are adapted to engage the outer side of the pipe section II and cooperate with the hook [9 in tightly holding the pipe section ll to the supporting arm I 8.

In the use of this bracket, the upper pipe section II is initially engaged with either the down spout nipple or other portion of the gutter and the hook I9 is engaged with the lower end of the pipe section II. This latter section is held in its proper position and the base plate or strip [5 is then nailed to the outer side of the building 13 by the nails I6. The points or tangs I! are also driven into the side of the building so that the plate or strip 15 will be disposed flat against the side of the building.

The succeeding or lower section l2 may then be pushed upwardly about the section I I and also about the shank 20 of the hook IS. A succeeding bracket l4 may be used to support the lower end of the succeeding pipe section I2 so that the pipe sections will be firmly supported by substantially concealed supporting means positioned between the pipe sections and the side of the building.

I do not mean to confine myself to the exact details of construction herein disclosed, but claim all variations falling within the purview of the appended claim.

I claim:

A drain pipe supporting bracket comprising an elongated fiat strip formed with a series of spaced elongated openings to receive fastening means to secure the strip on the side of a building, a rightangular arm extending from the upper end of said strip, and a hook having a width less than the width of said arm depending from the outer end of said arm and rearwardly ofiset therefrom constituting forwardly extending lugs on the outer end of said arm, said hook engageable with the lower end of the drain pipe, whereby the lugs on said arm will bear against the outer side of said pipe for holding said pipe spaced outwardly from the building.

HARRY H. HISTAND.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 12,500 Great Britain 1886 115,026 Great Britain 1942