Adjustable chute

Claim 1

AN ADJUSTABLE CHUTE DEVICE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, AN ENTRY CONDUIT SECTION, AN EXIT CONDUIT SECTION AND A RUN CONDUIT SECTION EXTENDING THEREBETWEEN, LONGITUDINALLY PROJECTING AND DIAMETRALLY POSITIONED OVERLAPPING EARS AT A HINGE END OF EACH SAID SECTION ADJOINING ANOTHER SECTION AND RESPECTIVELY IN TRANSVERSE REGISTRY, SAID OVERLAPPING EARS BEING TRANSVERSELY SPACED TO AVOID CONSTRICTING THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF SAID SECTIONS, ADJOINING OVERLAPPING EARS AT EACH HINGE END BEING PIVOTALLY AND DIRECTLY CONNECTED TOGETHER TO FORM A SINGLEAXIS HINGE, FLEXIBLE BOOTS COVERING SAID HINGES WITH THE EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID BOOTS RESPECTIVELY FASTENED TO THE ADJACENT ENDS OF THE RESPECTIVE SECTIONS FORMING SAID HINGE, SAID RUN CONDUIT SECTION BEING HINGEDLY CONNECTED AT ITS RESPECTIVE END PORTIONS BY SAID HINGES TO SAID TWO FIRST-NAMED SECTIONS RESPECTIVELY, SAID TWO FIRST-NAMED SECTIONS FURTHER HAVING CIRCULAR FLANGES AT THE OUTER ENDS THEREOF FOR ATTACHMENT OF THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF SAID CHUTE DEVICE, SAID RUN CONDUIT SECTION HAVING COAXIAL PORTIONS CAPABLE OF TELESCOPING AND OF RELATIVE ROTATION, A FLEXIBLE SLEEVE COVERING THE JOINT BETWEEN SAID TELESCOPING PORTIONS WITH THE EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID SLEEVE RESPECTIVELY FASTENED TO ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID TELESCOPING PORTIONS.