Clamps

Claim 1

CLAMP MEANS FOR HOLDING TWO RODS AT RIGHT ANGLES, SAID CLAMP MEANS COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND CLAMP MEMBERS, EACH CLAMP MEMBER COMPRISING A BLOCK, SAID BLOCK HAVING TWO SIDE FACES IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL ALIGNMENT AND AT LEST ONE EDGE FACE PERPENDICULAR TO SAID SIDE FACES EXTENDING AROUND SAID BLOCK, MEANS DEFINING A U-CHANNEL EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THROUGH THE BLOCK PERPENDICULAR TO SAID SIDE FACES THEREOF AND DEFINING A FIRST OPENING IN THE EDGE FACE, MEANS FOR GRIPPING A ROD WITHIN THE UCHANNEL, MEANS DEFINING A RECTANGULAR CHANNEL EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THROUGH SAID BLOCK PERPENDICULAR TO SAID SIDE FACES AND DEFINING A SECOND OPENING IN THE EDGE FACE SEPARATE FROM SAID FIRST OPENING, SAID RECTANGULAR CHANNEL BEING DEFINED BY A BOTTOM WALL AND SIDE WALLS PERPENDICULAR TO SAID BOTTOM WALL, SAID BOTTOM WALL BEING SPACED FROM SAID U-CHANNEL BY A DISTANCE AT LEAST AS GREAT AS THE DISTANCE FROM SAID BOTTOM WALL TO THE SAID SECOND OPEN ING, AND THE SPACING BETWEEN THE SIDE WALLS BEING EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF THE BOTTOM WALL BETWEEN THE SIDE FACES OF THE BLOCK, WHEREBY SAID FIRST AND SECOND CLAMP MEMBERS MAY BE DISPOSED WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE SIDE FACES PERPENDICULAR BY THE INTERCOUPLING OF RESPECTIVE RECTANGULAR CHANNELS, THE BLOCK BEING OF A SUFFICIENTLY RESILIENT MATERIAL TO ALLOW A FRICTIONAL INTERENGAGING OF THE TWO CLAMP MEMBERS, THEREBY SECURING RODS WITHIN THE U-CHANNELS PERPENDICULAR ONE TO THE OTHER.