Holding device for an object

Claim 1

A HOLDER FOR AN OBJECT IN COMBINATION WITH A SUPPORT FOR THE HOLDER, THE SUPPORT HAVING AN UPPER AND A LOWER EDGE, THE HOLDER COMPRISING A SUBSTANIALLY OPEN RECEPTACLE FORMED FROM A MEMBER HAVING SUFFICIENT SIZE AND CHARACTER TO IMPART SPRING QUALITIES THERETO, THE TOP OF THE HOLDER AT THE FRONT BEING FLARED INWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY, A CENTRAL PORTION INTEGRALLY FORMED WITH AND DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED FROM THE BASE OF THE FLARED PORTION, THE CENTRAL PORTION FURTHER BEING TURNED INWARDLY IN A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PLANE THROUGH THE LOWER EDGE OF THE SUPPORT WHEN IN NORMAL POSITION, THE INWARDLY DIRECTED END OF THE HORIZONTALLY TURNED PORTION BEING UPWARDLY DIRECTED IN HOOK FORMATION FOR RELEASABLE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LOWER EDGE OF THE SUPPORT, AND AN END PORTION INTEGRALLY FORMED WITH AND DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED FROM THE BASE OF THE FIRST MENTIONED DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED PORTION AT EACH END, CORRESPONDING POINTS ON EACH DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED CENTRAL AND END PORTIONS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIDISTANT FROM THE LONGITUDINAL VERTICAL PLANE OF THE SUPPORT, EACH END PORTION FURTHER BEING CURVED INWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY AND THEN INWARDLY AND UPWARDLY AND FURTHER EXTENDED UPWARDLY IN SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPE FORMATION WITH THE TROUGHS PROTRUDING BELOW THE HORIZONTAL PLANE, THE INNER END OF EACH U-SHAPE FORMATION AT THE TOP FURTHER BEING EXTENDED INWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY IN UPWARDLY SPACED ALIGNMENT WITH THE CORRESPONDING END OF THE UPWARDLY DIRECTED INNER END OF THE CENTRAL PORTION AND ADAPTED FOR RELEASABLE ATTACHMENT TO THE UPPER EDGE OF THE SUPPORT.