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A hose clamp includes a hanger configured to be suspended from a harness. A clasp defines lower pockets and is rotatably attached to the hanger by a hinge. The clasp is configured to rotate about the hinge between an open position, in which flexible lines can be laid into the pockets, and a closed p

A hose clamp includes a hanger configured to be suspended from a harness. A clasp defines lower pockets and is rotatably attached to the hanger by a hinge. The clasp is configured to rotate about the hinge between an open position, in which flexible lines can be laid into the pockets, and a closed position in which the hanger and the clasp together surround and capture the lines in the respective pockets. A latch is configured to latch the clasp in the closed position.

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1. A hose clamp comprising: a hanger configured to be suspended from a harness;a hinge; anda clasp defining lower pockets and being rotatably attached to the hanger by the hinge, the clasp being configured to rotate about the hinge between an open position, in which flexible lines can be laid into t

1. A hose clamp comprising: a hanger configured to be suspended from a harness;a hinge; anda clasp defining lower pockets and being rotatably attached to the hanger by the hinge, the clasp being configured to rotate about the hinge between an open position, in which flexible lines can be laid into the pockets, and a closed position in which the hanger and the clasp together surround and capture the flexible lines in the respective pockets;a hook configured to latch the clasp in the closed position, the hook comprising a hook arm that projects upward in the clasp's closed position; anda hook finger that projects laterally inward from the hook arm and rests on a ledge to latch the clasp in the closed position; andtwo tangs coupled to the hanger and extending toward each other, each tang configured to apply an elastic force downward against one of the flexible lines toward a corresponding lower pocket of the lower pockets,wherein the hook and the clasp are configured for the hook finger to be manually forced laterally outward, against elastic bias of the clasp, to slide the hook finger laterally off the ledge to release the clasp from the closed position. 2. The clamp of claim 1 wherein the hinge includes a hinge pin molded as a one-piece unit with the hanger and a hinge knuckle molded as a one-piece unit with the clasp, with the pin configured to be snapped into the knuckle by a user. 3. The clamp of claim 1 wherein the pockets are between the hook and the hinge. 4. The clamp of claim 3 wherein the hook finger projects toward the hinge, wherein the finger is moved in a direction directed away from the hinge in order to unlatch the clasp, andwherein the hook further comprises two substantially vertically-extending ribs projecting transversely from transversely-opposite side surfaces of the hook arm. 5. The clamp of claim 4 wherein the hanger and the clasp each have a sliding surface, and movement of the clasp toward the closed position causes the sliding surfaces to slide against each other, which in turn forces the finger in the direction directed away from the hinge due to an angle of inclination of at least one of the sliding surfaces. 6. The clamp of claim 1 wherein the clasp includes, between each neighboring pair of pockets, a projection that projects into a gap in the hanger when the clasp is in the closed position for surfaces of the hanger bounding the gap to inhibit contortion of the clasp. 7. The clamp of claim 1 wherein the hanger is located on mutually-perpendicular lateral and transverse axes and, in the clasp's closed position, the lower pockets are spaced laterally apart, and the hanger has, above each lower pocket, two hose-engaging surfaces spaced transversely apart. 8. A hose clamp defined with respect to mutually-perpendicular vertical, lateral and transverse axes, comprising: a hanger configured to be suspended from a harness, having transversely-opposing surfaces bounding a gap in the hanger; andtwo laterally-spaced upper hose engaging surfaces; anda clasp configured to be attached to the hanger in a closed position in which the clasp has: laterally-spaced first and second attachment locations at which the clasp is attached to the hanger;laterally-spaced first and second pockets, located laterally between the attachment locations, for supporting hoses; anda projection, located between the pockets, that moves, as the clasp is moved into the closed position, upward into the gap to be transversely captured by said transversely-opposing surfaces,wherein the two laterally-spaced upper hose engaging surfaces are configured to apply a substantially vertical elastic force against one of the hoses. 9. A hose clamp defined relative to mutually-perpendicular vertical, lateral and transverse axes, the clamp comprising: a ring with a transversely-extending hole for receiving a harness to suspend the ring from the harness;a neck extending downward from the ring;an orifice structure connected to the ring by the neck, the orifice structure having a laterally-spaced orifices, each configured to surround and capture a hose line;two laterally-spaced upper hose-engaging surfaces adjoining one of the laterally-spaced orifices and configured to press the hose line against a lower surface of the one of the laterally-spaced orifices;with the neck having straight laterally-opposite side edges that are inclined downward and laterally-outward by an angle of 15°-45° relative to vertical. 10. The clamp of claim 9 wherein a pocket structure includes first and second laterally-extending side-by-side crossbars that define laterally-spaced upper pockets that partially define the orifices. 11. A hose clamp defined relative to mutually-perpendicular vertical, lateral and transverse axes, the clamp comprising: a hanger configured to be suspended from a harness, the hanger including: a gap bounded by transversely-opposing first and second surfaces of the hanger;a hinge pin extending transversely across the gap; anda ledge facing upward; anda clasp including: a hinge knuckle configured to form a hinge with the hinge pin about which the clasp can rotate upward toward and into a closed position in which the hanger and the clasp together surround and capture a hose;a hook arm that, in the clasp's closed position, projects upward;a hook finger that projects laterally inward from the hook arm and rests on the ledge to latch the clasp in the closed position; andtwo substantially vertically-extending ribs projecting transversely from transversely-opposite side surfaces of the hook arm,wherein the clamp is configured for the hook finger to be manually forced laterally outward, against elastic bias of the clasp, to slide the hook finger laterally off the ledge to release the clasp from the closed position, andwherein the first and second surfaces of the hanger are configured to press the hose downward and toward the clamp in the closed position. 12. The clamp of claim 11 wherein the hanger and the finger have respective sliding surfaces that slide against each other as the clasp is rotated upward toward the closed position, with at least one of the sliding surfaces being inclined so that the sliding of the surfaces against each other as the finger moves upward forces the finger laterally outward.