Splash guard or mud flap means

Claim 1

A STABLIZED MUD FLAP OR SPLASH GUARD FOR A VEHICLE HAVING REAR WHEELS COMPRISING, A SHEET OF FLEXIBLE RUBBERLIKE MATERIAL IN A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR SHAPE SWINGINGLY AND LONGITUDINALLY SUSPENDABLE AT ITS UPPER END FROM A VEHICLE REARWARD OF AND ADJACENT TO THE WHEELS OR TIRES OF SAID VEHICLE, MEANS TO CONNECT SAID FLEXIBLE SPLASH GUARD TO SAID VEHICLE COMPRISING, A LENGTH OF ANGLE IRON TRANSVERSELY CONNECTIBLE TO SAID VEHICLE REARWARD OF AND ADJACENT TO THE WHEELS OR TIRES OF THE VEHICLE WITH ONE OF THE TWO PORTIONS OF SAID ANGLE IRON IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE AND PROJECTING REARWARDLY IN RELATION TO THE VEHICLE AND THE OTHER PORTION OF SAID ANGLE IRON IN A VERTICAL PLANE AND PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID VEHICLE, SAID SHEET OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL ATTACHED TO SAID VERTICALLY PROJECTING PORTION OF SAID ANGLE IRON TO DEPEND THEREFROM WHEN MOUNTED ON SAID VEHICLE, TWO SPACED BOSSES RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON SAID HORIZONTAL PORTION OF SAID ANGLE IRON EQUIDISTANT FROM SAID VERTICAL PORTION OF SAID ANGLE IRON, SAID BOSSES EXTENDING A DISTANCE LESS THAN THE PROJECTION OF SAID VERTICAL PORTION OF SAID ANGLE IRON, AND EACH OF SAID BOSSES HAVING A STRAIGHT HELICAL SPRING CONCENTRICALLY AND WELDABLY MOUNTED THEREON TO DEPEND THEREFROM WHEN MOUNTED ON SAID VEHICLE, SAID SPRING ENGAGING SAID BOSSES UNDER TENSION WITH THE INNER ENDS OF SAID SPRINGS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID HORIZONTAL PORTION OF SAID ANGLE IRON AND EXTENDING FROM SAID BOSSES A DISTANCE OF 65 TO 90 PERCENT OF THE LENGTH OF SAID SHEET OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, SAID BOSSES AND SPRINGS POSITIONED LONGITUDINALLY AND TRANSVERSELY ON SAID ANGLE IRON REARWARD OF SAID FLEXIBLE SPLASH OR MUD FLAP GUARD TO IN OPERATION RESTRAIN SAID MUD FLAP OR SPLASH GUARD FROM UNDULY SWINGING IN A REARWARD DIRECTION FROM SAID VEHICLE.