Patent ID: 7458440

Claim:
A vehicle exhaust system support structure in which a downstream portion of an upstream side exhaust pipe connected to an engine is guided to an exhaust inlet of a muffler supported on a vehicle body, and a terminal portion of a downstream side exhaust pipe coupled to an exhaust outlet of the muffler is received by an exhaust pipe receiving part formed in a vertical wall portion of a rear bumper supported on the vehicle body, wherein the downstream portion of the upstream side exhaust pipe and the exhaust inlet of the muffler are coupled to each other via a flexible tube, thus floatingly supporting the upstream side exhaust pipe in the muffler, and wherein the downstream portion of the upstream side exhaust pipe passes through the interior of the flexible tube and extends to the exhaust inlet, and wherein the downstream portion of the upstream side exhaust pipe comprises a tip portion supported by the flexible tube so as to define a free end which is capable of limited reciprocating swinging movement in a direction crossing an axis of the downstream portion of the upstream side exhaust pipe.