High temperature clamp and method of making same

Claim 1

IN A CLAMP FOR HOLDING A BODY IN A SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT; A FIRST MEMBER OF RELATIVELY THIN STRIP FROM HAVING A BEARING SURFACE AT ITS MID-PORTION FOR CONTACT WITH SAID BOYD AND FORMED WITH SUPPORTING SIDE PORTIONS AT EITHER END THEREOF, SAID SIDE PORTIONS EACH TERMINATING IN TAB MEANS, A SECOND MEMBER OF RELATIVELY THIN STRIP FORM HAVING A CURVED MID-PORTION CONFORMING IN SHAPE TO THE CONTACTING SURFACE OF SAID BODY WHILE CONTAINED IN SAID CLAMP AND APPLYING FORCE TO SAID BODY IN A FIRST DIRECTION TENDING TO HOLD SAID BODY IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH SAID BEARING SURFACE OF SAID FIRST MEMBER, SAID MID-PORTION OF SAID SECOND MEMBER BEING FORMED WITH RELATIVELY FLAT SIDE PORTIONS JOINING SAID MID-PORTION AT EITHER THEREOF, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID FLAT SIDE PORTIONS, BEING BENT AT THE DISTAL END THEREOF TO FORM AN OPEN LOOP WITH RELATIVELY FLAT TOP AND BOTTOM PORTIONS ON SAID LOOP AND AN ARCUATE PORTION THEREBETWEEN, HOLE MEANS THROUGH SAID TOP AND BOTTOM PORTIONS OF SAID LOOP AND THROUGH SAID TAB MEANS, AND SECURING MEANS THROUGH SAID HOLE MEANS FOR SECURING SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS TO EACH OTHER IN OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID BODY AND SAID STRUCTURAL ELEMENT, SAID HOLE MEANS, SAID LOOP AND SAID SECURING MEANS PERMITTING LIMITED MOVEMENT OF SAID MID-PORTION OF SAID SECOND MEMBER IN A SECOND DIRECTION OPPOSITE FROM SAID FIRST DIRECTION.