Patent ID: 8167251

Claim:
An assembly for maintaining an air brake hose of a vehicle at a predetermined height above a supporting road bed structure, the assembly comprising a) a suspension strap having a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion being affixable to the vehicle, b) the suspension strap having an attachment portion located at the second end portion of the suspension strap, and c) a first releasable clip for connecting the suspension strap to an attachment fitting of the air brake hose, the first releasable clip having d) a first end and a second end, and e) a pair of flexibly resilient elongated arms, the pair of arms comprising a first arm and a second arm, the first arm and the second arm both extending from the first end of the first releasable clip to the second end of the first releasable clip the first arm and the second arm having end portions located approximately at the second end of the first releasable clip, f) the arms being joined by a return portion at the first end of the first releasable clip, g) the first arm at the second end of the first releasable clip having a latching member for interlocking engagement with the second arm of the first releasable clip when desired at the second end of the first releasable clip, h) the latching member having an interlocking end portion for engaging the second arm of the first releasable clip, i) the latching member having a strap engaging portion for engaging the attachment portion of the suspension strap, the strap engaging portion of the latching member being located between the interlocking end portion of the latching member and the first arm of the first releasable clip at the second end of the first releasable clip short of the latching member, and j) the strap engaging portion of the latching member and the first arm short of the latching member forming an acute angle therebetween operative when the interlocking end portion of the latching member engages the second arm for positioning the suspension strap to rest where the strap engaging portion of the latching member meets the first arm short of the latching member.