Attachment assemblies, attachments, attachment hardware for securing accessories to window frames of vehicles, and related methods

A window frame attachment assembly for securing to a window frame for a windshield of a vehicle, the attachment assembly comprising:

• a mountable product comprising a mount having one or more receiving apertures therein each of which is alignable with an engagement aperture in a tab extending from a frame of a windshield of a vehicle;
• attachment hardware corresponding to the one or more receiving apertures, each of the attachment hardware comprising:
• a nut;
• a T-shaped washer comprising a top cross-bar section and a stem section extending downward from the top cross-bar section, the T-shaped washer having a washer aperture therethrough;
• a fastener side washer having a washer aperture therethrough;
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• a threaded fastener configured for insertion through the washer aperture of the fastener side washer and the washer aperture of the T-shaped washer and for screwingly engaging the nut;
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• when the mount of the mountable product is properly aligned with the tabs of the frame of the vehicle, the top cross-bar section and the stem section of the T-shaped washer of each of the attachment hardware being configured to fit through one of the one or more receiving apertures of the mount on the mountable product and the corresponding engagement aperture in the respective tab with the T-shaped washer of each of the attachment hardware having a shape that contacts an upper wall of the tab that defines the engagement aperture when the threaded fastener is tightened in the respective nut.

A method for securing a mountable product to a window frame for a windshield of a vehicle, the method comprising:

• providing a mountable product comprising a mount having one or more receiving apertures therein;
• providing attachment hardware corresponding to the one or more receiving apertures, each of the attachment hardware comprising:
• a nut;
• a T-shaped washer comprising a top cross-bar section and a stem section extending downward from the top cross-bar section, the T-shaped washer having a washer aperture therethrough;
• a fastener side washer having a washer aperture therethrough;
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• a threaded fastener configured for insertion through the washer aperture of the fastener side washer and the washer aperture of the T-shaped washer and for screwingly engaging the nut;
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• aligning the one or more receiving apertures in the mount of the mountable product with an engagement aperture in a tab extending from a frame of a windshield of a vehicle;
• inserting the top cross-bar section and the stem section of the T-shaped washer of each of the attachment hardware at an angle through one of the one or more receiving apertures of the mount on the mountable product and the corresponding engagement aperture in the respective tab when the mount of the mountable product is properly aligned with the tabs of the frame of the vehicle;
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• tightening the nut on the threaded fastener such that the T-shaped washer of each of the attachment hardware contacts an upper wall of the tab that defines the engagement aperture.