Self-tightening aircleaner attaching device

Claim 1

A CARBURETOR AIR HORN DEFINING AIR INDUCTION PASSAGE WITH AN OPEN END HAVING OPPOSITE AND ALIGNED TRANSVERSE PASSAGE THEREIN, AN AIRCLEANER MOUNTED ON SAID CARBURETOR AIR HORN OVER SAID AIR INDUCTION PASSAGE AND AIRCLEANER MOUNTING APPARATUS POSITIONED IN NON-OBSTRUCTING RELATION TO SAID AIR INDUCTION PASSAGE FOR SECURING SAID AIRCLEANER TO SAID CARBURETOR AIR HORN COMPRISING A FORM SUBSTAINING, A RESILIENT HOLD-DOWN BRACKET INCLUDING AN ANNULAR BUSHING, A PAIR OF RESILIENT BAIL PORTIONS EACH RIGIDLY SECURED TO THE ANNULAR BUSHING AT ONE END, HAVING FIRST PORTIONS EXTENDING FROM THE ANNULAR BUSHING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, ARCUATE TRANSITIONAL PORTIONS AND PORTIONS EXTENDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID FIRST PORTIONS IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND TERMINATING IN END PORTIONS EXTENDING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST PORTIONS AND OFFSET THEREFROM, THE TERMINAL PORTIONS OF SAID BAILS EXTENDING WITHIN THE ALIGNED PASSAGES IN THE AIR INDUCTION PASSAGE WITH THE BUSHING SUPPORTED ABOVE THE AIR INDUCTION PASSAGE, AND AIRCLEANER MOUNTING STUD HAVING HEADED AND THREADED ENDS, THE THREADED END OF WHICH EXTENDS THROUGH THE BUSHING AND THE AIRCLEANER OUTWARDLY OF THE BRACKET, A NUT THREADEDLY ENGAGED WITH SAID STUD AND OPERABLE BETWEEN THE STUD AND AIRCLEANER FOR URGING THE AIRCLEANER TOWARD THE AIR HORN AND A WEDGE COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT MEMBER EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID STUD HAVING AN OPENING THERETHROUGH THROUGH WHICH THE STUD EXTENDS AND HAVING OPPOSITE ENDS WHICH ARE ENGAGEABLE WITH THE TRANSITIONAL PORTIONS OF THE BAIL PORTIONS OF THE BRACKET IN RESPONSE TO TIGHTENING OF THE NUT ON THE STUD TO BIAS THE TERMINAL PORTIONS OF SAID BAILS INTO THE ALIGNED PASSAGES.