US 12,169,036 B2
Flexible U-bolt assembly
Paul King, Berea, KY (US)
Assigned to CTKing, LLC, Berea, KY (US)
Appl. No. 18/018,743
Filed by CTKing, LLC, Berea, KY (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/043714
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/026718, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/058,157, filed on Jul. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0296193 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 3/10 (2006.01); F16L 3/237 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 3/1058 (2013.01) [F16L 3/1041 (2013.01); F16L 3/237 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible U-bolt assembly, comprising:
a clamping bracket including a receiver;
a U-bolt including (a) a first end permanently fixed to the clamping bracket, (b) a second end adapted for receipt in the receiver and (c) a flexible elongated and notchless body extending between the first end and the second end; and,
a fastener adapted to secure the second end in the receiver wherein the receiver has (i) an elongated slot, having an entry aperture adapted to receive the second end, and (ii) a neck portion, interconnecting the entry aperture to at least one locking aperture adapted to capture the second end, and wherein the entry aperture is laterally spaced from the at least one locking aperture by the neck portion.