Conveyor construction

Claim 1

IN A CONVEYOR CONSTRUCTION, A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED, SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL, SPACED-APART BARS, MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID BARS AT THE ENDS THEREOF TO PERMIT MOVEMENT OF THE BARS IN A PREDETERMINED PATH WITH THE LENGTHS OF THE RESPECTIVE BARS DEFINING THE WIDTH OF THE CONVEYOR BED, AND RESILIENT MEANS ATTACHED TO EACH OF SAID BARS, SAID RESILIENT MEANS EXTENDING PARTIALLY ALONG THE LENGTH OF EACH BAR AT ONE SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR BED WITH A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF SAID LENGTHS WITHOUT SAID RESILIENT MEANS FORMING THE OUTER SIDE OF SAID CONVEYOR BED, THE RESILIENT MEANS ON EACH BAR INCLUDING A PORTION EXTENDING IN A PERPENDICULAR DIRECTION TOWARDS AN ADJACENT BAR WHEREBY A SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS CONVEYOR SURFACE IS DEFINED ALONG SAID ONE SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR BED WHILE SAID OTHER SIDE OF THE CONVEYOY BED IS CHARACTERIZED BY A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS DEFINED BETWEEN ADJACENT BARS, AND WHEREIN SAID RESILIENT MEANS COMPRISE A BASE PORTION ENCIRCLING SAID BARS WITH A SPLIT FORMED IN SAID BASE PORTION WHEREBY SAID RESILIENT MEANS CAN BE RELEASABLY SECURED ON SAID BARS, AND WHEREIN SAID PORTION EXTENDING TOWARDS AN ADJACENT BAR COMPRISES A TAPERED PORTION OVERLAPPING THE BASE PORTION OF AN ADJACENT RESILIENT MEANS.