Combination pipe hanger and coupling

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A PAIR OF GENERALLY HORIZONTAL PIPES ARRANGED END TO END, A SLEEVE COMPOSED OF REINFORCING MATERIAL WRAPPED COMPLETELY AROUND THE ABUTTING ENDS OF SAID PIPES AND SECURED IN SEALING RELATION TO SAID PIPES BY A COATING OF SYNTHETIC RESIN, SO AS TO FORM A JOINT THEREBETWEEN, A LONGITUDINALLY SPLIT ANNULAR BAND OF REINFORCED PLASTIC RESIN MATERIAL CLAMPED TIGHTLY ABOUT THE MAT AND OVERLAPPING THE ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID PIPE, SO AS TO REINFORCE THE JOINT, A BULGED PORTION FORMED IN SAID BAND OPPOSITE TO SAID SPLIT AND HAVING AN APERTURE THEREIN, AN INVERTED U-SHAPED STRAP OF REINFORCED PLASTIC RESIN MATERIAL HAVING ITS FEET DISPOSED IN SAID BULGED PORTION TO EITHER SIDE OF SAID APERTURE, SO AS TO BE FIXEDLY UPSTANDING THEREFROM, THE LEGS OF SAID U-SHAPED STRAP EXTENDING THROUGH SAID APERTURE SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE AXES OF SAID PIPES, A PLUG OF REINFORCED PLASTIC RESIN MATERIAL INTERENGAGED BETWEEN THE LEGS OF THE STRAP, SO AS TO RIGIDIFY THE SAME, A SOCKET THROUGH THE STRAP, AT ITS BIGHT PORTION, AND MEANS SUPPORTING THE PIPES, INCLUDING A PIN INSERTED THROUGH THE SOCKET, SO AS TO SUSPEND THE STRAP FROM THE SAME.