Exhaust system mounting

Claim 1

In an exhaust system for motor vehicles having a frame and an internal combustion engine discharging exhaust gases into the system, said system including a silencing member and at least one exhaust gas conducting conduit connected to the silencing member, mounting means each comprising a single vertically extending hanger strap for supporting the system on the engine and frame at a plurality of points spaced apart lengthwise of the system, said mounting means each including a vertically extending post element and at least one conduit snap-in clamp member attached to the post element and simultaneously engaging top and bottom parts of the conduit and having a pair of laterally resilient jaws shaped to fit around at least a major portion of the periphery of said conduit and resiliently hold the conduit in the clamp member between the jaws, said jaws having ends spaced apart by less than the width of the conduit to define an expandable resilient mouth for snap-in insertion and removal of the conduit, said clamp member being formed of a single piece spring metal strip so that the jaws are inherently resilient, said strip beng shaped to have two pais of substantially straight sides and a holding side between each pair of sides, said holding side being substantially horizontal and fitting on said post element and said pairs of sides extending from said holding section and being substantially V-shaped to form said jaws and a connector securing said post to opposite sides of said strap.