Stand off for mounting a vehicle lamp or accessory equipment
OwnerRobert Thomas Rifeinventor
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Abstract
A standoff apparatus is provided for facilitating the mounting or retrofitting a vehicle accessory or, in a preferred embodiment, a single studded combination marker/turn signal lamp to a vehicle fender and its purpose to provide additional lighting to alert other motorist or pedestrian of the vehicles presence and the operator's intension. There is an upper standoff body, a common selective ring shim, a lower adaptor, a common washer and a shoulder nut provided to secure the lamp and mount assembly. Secondary securing hardware is also provided which include: a common socket head bolt, a second common selective shim, a common rubber laminated washer and a common locking nut.
Claims28
A standoff apparatus for mounting a vehicle lamp or accessory equipment comprising:
- an upper standoff capable of being disposed to a panel or a vehicle fender, said standoff captured between said vehicle fender and a housing of said vehicle lamp having at least one stud, wherein said supper standoff has a generally pyramidal body lofted along a common vertical central axis and having a steep front portion transitioning around fillets, continuing rearward and narrowing along steep symmetrically adjacent side portions and then, again, transitioning around fillets forming a relatively long sloping top rear portion adjacent to the said side portions with said portions having surfaces, thereof, establishing a surrounding exterior surface and wherein the said upper standoff also has a top portion configured as such to receive, flush, a portion of said housing of the vehicle lamp;
- a lower portion and a lower portion perimeter edge;
- an interior open to said lower portion;
- an interior surface;
- a lower portion beveled face intersecting said interior surface and surrounding exterior surface;
- a conical boss concentric to said common vertical axis, extending downward from said interior surface, having an end face constrained to within the interior, a conical bore along the common vertical axis through said conical boss and said top portion wherein, said stud can pass through, respectively, said conical bore, a common selective shim and a first drill hole in the fender;
- a second conical boss, extending generally downward, along an axis from the interior surface and having an end face constrained to within the interior;
- a conical bore through said axis concentric to the second elongated member and the top rear portion of the surrounding exterior surface;
- a common socket head bolt capable of passing through, respectively, said conical bore of the second elongated member, a second common selective shim;
- a second drilled hole in fender, and a common rubber laminated washer;
- a conical lower adaptor having a surrounding surface concentric to an axis and having a small end face and an opposite large concave end face at a preferred angle to said axis and has a conical bore through and along said axis and is disposed to said stud with large end toward and in contact with an underside of said fender and is rotatable about its axis to accommodate various fender contours;
- a shoulder bolt threadably connectable to stud, a common locking nut threadably connectable to the common socket head bolt whereas tightened draws ends faces of said conical boss and said second conical boss to the fender or selective shims, if used, locking components, through and relative to their axes, respectively, whilst the lower perimeter edge, acutely intersected by said beveled face and said surrounding exterior surface is capable of deflecting, thus seating uniformly and universally to said vehicle fenders of various contours, eliminating the need for a sealing method or gasket.
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