Automotive vehicle hood, intake silencer, and filter

Claim 1

IN AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE HAVING A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED HOOD, A HOOD OUTER PANEL, A STEP IN SAID OUTER PANEL, AN AIR INLET IN SAID STEP, AN INNER PANEL SECURED TO SAID OUTER PANEL, A DEPRESSED PORTION IN SAID INNER PANEL WITH MATES WITH SAID STEP IN SAID OUTER PANEL TO FORM A RESONATOR CHAMBER THEREBETWEEN, A SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT BOOTOM WALL IN SAID DEPRESSED PORTION, SAID BOTTOM WALL BEING DEFORMED TO PROVIDE AN INTEGRAL UPWARDLY EXTENDING RING AND AN INWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE TERMINATING IN AN OUTLET, A CARBURETOR HAVING AN INLET SUBSTANTIALLY COAXIAL WITH AND SPACED BELOW SAID OUTLET, A SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING AN APERTURE THEREIN ADJACENT SAID CARBURETOR INLET MOUNTED ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID CARBURETOR AND AXIALLY SPACED FROM SAID OUTLET, A FIRST FLEXIBLE TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING ONE END MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBER RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM SAID APERTURE AND AN OPPOSITE END NORMALLY SEALINGLY ENGAGING SAID INWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE AT THE JUNCTURE OF SAID RING AND FLANGE, AN AIR CLEANER ELEMENT MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBER RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM SAID FIRST FLEXIBLE TUBULAR MEMBER AND EXTENDING INTO SAID RESONATOR CHAMBER, A COVER MEMBER ON SAID AIR CLEANER CLOSING THE UPPER SURFACE THEREOF, AND A SECOND FLEXIBLE TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING ONE END MOUNTED ON THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID COVER MEMBER AND AN OPPOSITE END NORMALLY COMPRESSIVELY ENGAGING SAID OUTER PANEL TO URGE SAID AIR CLEANER ELEMENT INTO FIRM ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, WHEREBY AN AIR PATH IS PROVIDED FROM SAID AIR INLET TO SAID CARBURETOR INLET THROUGH SAID RESONATOR CHAMBER AND SAID FILTER ELEMENT WHEN SAID HOOD IS IN A CLOSED POSITION, SAID FILTER ELEMENT BEING EXPOSED FOR EASY ACCESS WHEN SAID HOOD IS IN AN OPEN POSITION.