Clamping device

Claim 1

A CLAMPING DEVICE COMPRISING A PAIR OF PLATE MEMBERS EACH HAVING AN OPENING EXTENDING THERETHROUGH AND A GROOVED PORTION ADJACENT AN EDGE PORTION THEREOF, A YEIELDABLE WEB CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID PLATE MEMBERS ADJACENT ANOTHER EDGE PORTION THEREOF DISPOSED OPPOSITE SAID EDGE PORTION, SAID WEB SUPPORTING SAID PLATE MEMBERS IN A SPACED APART FACING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID OPENINGS SUBSTANTIALLY IN ALIGNMENT AND WITH SAID GROOVED PORTIONS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND IN A FACING RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER, SAID WEB BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY BETWEEN PLANES CONTIGUOUS TO THE PORTION OF THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID PLATE MEMBERS ADJACENT SAID OTHER EDGE PORTION THEREOF, A BOLT DISPOSED IN SAID OPENINGS FOR URGING SAID PLATE MEMBERS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER TO ENGAGE AN OBJECT DISPOSED IN SAID GROOVED PORTIONS, AND A PAIR OF OBLONG PROJECTIONS DISPOSED ON EACH FACING SURFACE OF SAID PLATE MEMBERS SPACED APART FROM ONE ANOTHER BETWEEN SAID OTHER EDGE PORTION AND SAID OPENING THEREIN, SAID PROJECTION OF EACH PAIR CONVERGING TOWARD ONE ANOTHER WITH THE LENGTH OF EACH PROJECTION FORMING A COMMON PREDETERMINED ANGLE WITH THE CENTRAL AXIS OF SAID PLATE MEMBER RELATED THERETO, WHEREBY SAID PAIRS OF PROJECTIONS ARE ADAPTED TO ENGAGE ONE ANOTHER ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF TO LIMIT THE MOVEMENT OF SAID PLATE MEMBERS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER.