Portable mounting fixture

Claim 1

A PORTABLE MOUNTING MEANS FOR MOUNTING ON AN ELONGATED MEMBER, SAID MOUNTING MEANS COMPRISING A RELATIVELY STIFF SLIGHTLY FLEXIBLE SUBSTANTIALL FLAT PLATE HAVING TWO ENDS AND TWO SIDES, SAID PLATE BEING PROVIDED WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY C-SHAPED CUT-OUT IN ONE OF THE SIDES AND LOCATED BETWEEN THE CENTRAL AXIS PARALLEL TO SAID ENDS AND ONE OF SAID ENDS, SAID PLATE HAVING A PAIR OF TABS ALONG SAID SIDE AND EXTENDING INTO SAID CUT-OUT, SAID CUT-OUT BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN ELONGATED MEMBER OF SMALLER CROSS-SECTION THAN SAID CUT-OUT, A CHAIN CONNECTED TO SAID PLATE ADJACENT THE OTHER END THEREOF, SAID PLATE FURTHER HAVING AN ELONGATED SLOT EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM SAID OTHER END, SAID SLOT BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID CHAIN THEREWITHIN BUT BEING PROPORTIONED TO PREVENT LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CHAIN THERETHROUGH, SAID CHAIN BEING OF SUFFICIENT LENGTH TO EXTEND AROUND SAID ELONGATED MEMBER AND BE RECEIVED WITHIN SAID SLOT WHEN SAID ELONGATED MEMBER IS IN SAID CUT-OUT WHEREBY TO RESIST MOVEMENT OF SAID PLATE RELATIVE TO SAID ELONGATED MEMBER.