Clamp and holder combination

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL SUPPORT MEMBER, A CLAMP ASSEMBLY FOR SECUREMENT ABOUT SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND FOR SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF ARTICLES FROM SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, SAID ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BAND OF STIFF BUT RESILIENT SHEET MATERIAL WHOSE THICKNESS IS CONSTANT THROUGHOUT SAID BAND, SAID BAND INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING CHANNELS FORMED THEREIN, SAID CHANNELS INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND SETS OF NARROW AND WIDE CHANNELS ALTERNATELY SPACED ALONG SAID SHEET AND OPENING OUTWARDLY OF OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID SHEET, SAID NARROW CHANNELS EACH BEING DEFINED BY A SERIES OF FOUR RIGHT ANGLE BENDS FORMED IN SAID SHEET AND THE ADJACENT PAIRS OF BENDS DEFINING EACH PAIR OF ADJACENT NARROW CHANNELS DEFINING THE WIDE CHANNEL DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID PAIR OF ADJACENT NARROW CHANNELS, SAID BAND BEING BOWED INTO AN ARCUATE CONFIGURATION EXTENDING ABOUT SAID CYLINDER MEMBER WITH SAID NARROW CHANNELS OPENING INWARDLY TOWARD SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF SUPPORT ARMS, ONE SET OF CORRESPONDING END PORTIONS OF SAID SUPPORT ARMS BEING LATERALLY ANGULATED RELATIVE TO THE OTHER SET OF CORRESPONDING END PORTIONS OF SAID ARMS AND BEING OF A RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE AND SIZE COMPLEMENTARY TO THE CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE AND SIZE OF SAID NARROW CHANNELS AND SNUGLY DISPOSED IN THE LATTER, SAID OTHER SET OF CORRESPONDING END PORTIONS OF SAID ARMS PROJECTING GENERALLY RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID BAND AND INCLUDING MEANS ADAPTED TO SUPPORT ARTICLES THEREFROM, THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID BAND INCLUDING COACTING MEANS ADJUSTABLY DRAWING SAID OPPOSITE ENDS TOGETHER SO AS TO CLAMP SAID BAND TIGHTLY ABOUT SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER WITH ONE SET OF END PORTIONS OF SAID ARMS SNUGLY RECEIVED BETWEEN THE CONFRONTING SIDE WALLS OF SAID NARROW CHANNELS AND CLAMPED TIGHTLY BETWEEN THE OPPOSING NARROW SURFACE PORTIONS OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND THE BOTTOM WALL PORTIONS OF SAID NARROW CHANNELS.