Hanger assembly for automobile exhaust systems

Claim 1

An attachment to permit inverting the legs of an exhaust system U-clamp to facilitate replacement of system components, said legs initially extending upwardly through a pair of spaced apart holes in a frame mounted hangar bracket having a pair of spaced apart holes receiving the spaced legs of the U-clamp when the latter is in its initial position, the attachment comprising: a member comprising an elongated plate having a pair of holes registering with the holes of the bracket; bolt means extending through the holes of the plate and adapted to be received through the holes of the bracket to secure the plate to the bracket; and hook means carried by the member, disposed intermediate the bolt means and having proximal ends terminatIng in spaced relationship from the corresponding bolt means to permit ready access to the latter, said hook means depending from the member in disposition to receive the bight portion of the clamp over the hook means with the clamp legs extending downwardly, whereby replacement components may be installed between said legs from below the latter.