Gutter clamp

Claim 1

A GUTTER CLAMP COMPRISING A PAIR OF OPPOSED, GENERALLY U-SHAPED ARMS OPENING TOWARD EACH OTHER AND PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT A FIRST PAIR OF CORRESPONDING ENDS THEREOF, A PAIR OF OPPOSED, CONTACTING AND COMPLEMENTARY ELONGATED JAWS REMOVABLY SECURED, AT A CORRESPONDING POINTS SPACED FROM THE OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF TO THE SECOND PAIR OF CORRESPONDING ENDS OF SAID ARMS FOR RECEIVING AND CLAMPING A GUTTER WALL THEREBETWEEN AND SUBSTANTIALLY CONFORMING TO THE CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE THEREOF, SAID JAWS INCLUDING ONE PAIR OF END PORTIONS PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SECOND PAIR OF END S OF SAID ARMS IN ONE DIRECTION AND TOWARD SAID FIRST PAIR OF CORRESPONDING ENDS OF SAID ARMS AND GENERALLY ALONG LINES EXTENDING BETWEEN THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE CORRESPONDING U-SHAPED ARMS, THE OUTER END PORTIONS OF SAID JAWS PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SECOND PAIR OF ENDS OF SAID ARMS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID ARMS FOR OPENING AND CLOSING SAID JAWS, THE FREE TERMINAL END PORTION OF ONE OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED END PORTIONS OF SAID JAW AND SAID FIRST END OF THE CORRESPONDING ARM INCLUDING COACTING ABUTMENT MEANS PREVENTING MOVEMENT OF SAID FREE TERMINAL END PORTION RELATIVE TO THE LAST-MENTIONED ARM AWAY FROM THE OPPOSING ARM.