Patent ID: 8650719

Claim:
An annular spring liner, for a hose clamp having an inner face, comprising: a first circumferential shoulder near a first edge of said liner; a second circumferential shoulder near a second edge of said liner; a first leg extending inwardly in a first direction from a first end attached to said first circumferential shoulder to a second end; a second leg extending inwardly in a first direction from a first end attached to said second circumferential shoulder to a second end; and a central, cylindrical, flat contact portion extending from said second end of said first leg to said second end of said second leg, the contact portion being of smaller circumference than said shoulders, wherein (i) said shoulder is adapted to abut said inner face of the hose clamp, and (ii) said first leg and said second leg are moveable elastically between a first position in which said contact portion is spaced apart from said inner face of the hose clamp, a second position in which said contact portion abuts said inner face, and a third position in which said contact portion is spaced apart from said inner face of the hose clamp, said first leg and said second leg being moveable from the second position to the third position.