Mud flap frame

Claim 1

A FRAME ATTACHABLE TO A VEHICLE FOR STIFFENING AND MINIMIZING FLAPPING OF A MUD FLAP OF THE TYPE CONSTRUCTED OF FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL AND BEING ATTACHABLE ALONG ITS UPPER EDGE PORTION TO THE VEHICLE BODY AS BY MOUNTING BOLTS TO FACE IN FORWARD AND REARWARD DIRECTIONS, SAID FRAME HAVING A LOWER PORTION WITH MEANS ATTACHABLE TO A LOWER PORTION OF THE MUD TO RESTRICT FLAPPING THEREOF, SAID FRAME ALSO HAVING SPACED UPPER PORTIONS TO BE DISPOSED ADJACENT THE UPPER EDGE PORTION OF SAID MUD FLAP, EACH OF SAID UPPER PORTIONS F THE FRAME HAVING A TOP LOOP AND JUXTAPOSED FIRST AND SECOND ROD PORTIONS DEPENDING FROM THE LOOP FOR RECEIVING A MOUNTING BOLT THEREBETWEEN AND TO BE CLAMPED TO THE VEHICLE FRAME, SAID FIRST ROD PORTION EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY TO SAID LOWER PORTION OF THE FRAME, SAID SECOND ROD PORTION EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY ALONG SAID FIRST ROD PO RTION AND THEN TRANSVERSELY ACROSS AND TO THE REAR OF SAID FIRST ROD PORTION TO COOPERATE THEREWITH IN PREVENTING REARWARD MOVEMENT OF THE FLEXIBLE MUD FLAP AND LOWER FRAME PORTION AND ALSO TO COOPERATE THEREWITH IN MIAXIMIZING THE LENGTH OF SAID SECOND PORTION WHICH IS BOWED UNDER INFLUENCE OF THE WIND ACTING AGAINST THE MUD FLAP.