Universal muffler and tail pipe holding bracket

Claim 1

IN A TAILPIPE HOLDING BRACKET, FIRST AND SECOND SPACED APART ELONGATED FLEXIBLE BAR STRIPS, A NORMALLY HORIZONTAL ELONGATED CONNECTING MEMBER, A HORIZONTAL LEDGE PORTION ON SAID HORIZONTAL CONNECTING MEMBER AND HAVING TWO SPACED APART OPENINGS THEREIN, A U-SHAPED CLAMP MEMBER HAVING OPPOSITE ENDS OF A U-SHAPED PORTION EXTENDING THROUGH SAID OPENINGS; TIGHTENING MEANS ON THE ENDS OF SAID U-SHAPED PORTION THAT EXTENDS THROUGH THE OPENINGS IN SAID FLANGE, PIVOTAL SECURING MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING ONE END OF EACH OF SAID BAR STRIPS ADJACENT TO OPPOSITE ENDS, RESPECTIVELY, OF SAID CONNECTING MEMBER TO PERMIT SAID BAR STRIPS TO PIVOT IN THE SAME VERTICAL PLANE, SAID PIVOTAL SECURING MEANS BEING POSITIONED AWAY FROM SAID HORIZONTAL LEDGE PORTION SO THAT THE RELATIVE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID LEDGE PORTION AND THE ADJACENT ARE ROTATED FROM A FIRST POSITION AT SUBSTANTIAL RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID CONNECTING MEMBER THROUGH AN ARC OF SUBSTANTIALLY 180 DEGREES TO A SECOND POSITION AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID CONNECTING MEMBER.