Plumber's helper

Claim 1

IN A PLUMBER''S HELPER, AN ELONGATED AND SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PIPE SUPPORTING CRADLE OF SUBSTANTIALLY CHANNEL-SHAPED CROSS SECTION, SAID CRADLE INCLUDING A WEB AND UPSTANDING FLANGES AS A RIGID UNITARY STRUCTURE, SAID FLANGES HAVING LONGITUDINALLY SPACED PAIRS OF SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL AND TRANSVERSELY ALINED PORTIONS CUT-OUT FROM THE UPPER LONGITUDINAL EDGES THEREOF, THE INNER SURFACES OF SAID FLANGES BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A PIPE SECTION INSERTED THEREBETWEEN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID WEB, ONE OF SAID PAIRS OF CUT-OUT PORTIONS BEING RELATIVELY DEEP AND SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN ENLARGED FEMALE END PORTION OF THE SAME PIPE SECTION, AND ANOTHER OF SAID PAIRS OF CUT-OUT PORTIONS BEING RELATIVELY SHALLOW AND SUBSTANTIALLY L-SHAPED AND EXTENDING TO ONE END OF SAID CRADLE AND BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN ENLARGED MALE END PORTION OF THE SAME PIPE SECTION.