ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,425, issued on Aug. 19.

"Pipe supports and pipe support kits" was invented by Warren Rochester (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pipe supports for use in supporting pipework in a building are described, the pipe supports including: a pipe supporting region which in use receives and supports a pipe; an attachment region for attaching the pipe support to a threaded rod to suspend the pipe support from the threaded rod; the attachment region includes a rod receiving aperture; and the rod can be introduced into the aperture by bringing the pipe support towards the rod in a direction that is perpendicular to the length of the rod." ...