Automotive trunk lid support

Claim 1

IN AN AUTOMOTIVE TRUNK LID SUPPORT, IN COMBINATION, TWO SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL ELONGATED THRUST MEMBERS ADAPTED TO EXTEND IN APPROXIMATELY VERTICAL DIRECTION BETWEEN THE OVERHANG STRIPS ON THE TRUNK PORTION OF AN AUTOMOBILE BODY AND THE ADJACENT SIDES OF THE TRUNK LID WITH THE TWO MEMBERS STRADDLING THE TRUNK LID ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF AND WITH THEIR LOWER ENDS BEING SUPPORTED ON THE OVERHANG STRIPS, EACH THRUST MEMBER BEING FORMED WITH AN ELONGATED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SLOT THEREIN AND WITH A SERIES OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED NOTCHES IN ONE SIDE THEREOF FOR SELECTIVE RECEPTION THEREIN OF ONE SIDE EDGE OF THE TRUNK LID IN SUPPORTING RELATIONSHIP, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE THRUST MEMBER BEING FORMED WITH A SERIES OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED RECESSES THEREIN, A DRAWSTRING FOR DRAWING THE TWO THRUST MEMBERS TOWARD EACH OTHER WHILE AT THE SAME TIME APPLYING DOWNWARD THRUST TO THE MEMBERS TO MAINTAIN THEIR LOWER ENDS SEATED UPON THE OVERHANG STRIPS, SAID DRAW-STRING HAVING LOOP PORTIONS DOUBLED THROUGH THE SLOTS IN THE THRUST MEMBERS AND HAVING A CONNECTING PORTION EXTENDING BETWEEN THE LOOP PORTIONS AND ADAPTED TO OVERLIE THE TRUNK LID, SEATING MEMBERS FOR THE DRAW STRING SELECTIVELY RECEIVABLE IN SAID RECESSES AND ADAPTED TO PROJECT TRANSVERSELY THROUGH THE LOOP PORTIONS, HOOK MEMBERS SECURED TO THE OPPOSITE END REGIONS OF THE DRAW-STRING AND ADAPTED TO BE HOOKED BENEATH THE OVERHANG STRIPS, AND DRAW-STRING TIGHTENING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CONNECTING PORTION FOR TAKING UP SLACK IN THE DRAW-STRING TO TENSION THE SAME AGAINST THE TRUNK LID, THE SEATING MEMBERS AND THE OVERHANG STRIPS.