Spacer for insertion between adjacent convolutions of a coil spring

Claim 1

A SPACER ARTICLE USEFUL FOR SPACING ADJACENT CONVOLUTIONS OF COIL SPRING, SAID SPACER COMPRISING AN ELONGATE RESILIENT BODY HAVING A CONVOLUTION RECEIVING SOCKET IN EACH AND THEREOF, SAID SOCKETS EACH BEING CONFIGURED TO SURROUND A MAJOR PORTION OF THE RECEIVED CONVOLUTION, AND SAID BODY FURTHER HAVING A PAIR OF OPEN SLOTS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID SOCKETS FROM AT LEAST ONE LATERAL SIDE OF SAID ELONGATE BODY, SAID SLOTS EACH PROVIDING A PASSAGE FOR ADMITTING ONE OF SAID CONVOLUTIONS TO ONE OF SAID SOCKETS AND HAVING AN OPENING OF AT MOST ABOUT 90* OF THE INNER PERIPHERY OF SAID SOCKET, WHEREBY THE CONVOLUTION TO BE PASSED THROUGH SAID SLOTS MUST BE FORCED THROUGH SAID OPENINGS INTO SAID SOCKETS, THEREBY ALLOWING SAID SPACER TO BE READILY RETAINED UPON A CONVOLUTION.