Mudflap mounting assembly
AssigneeFleet Engineers, Inc.
InventorAlfred R. Juergens
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Abstract
A mudflap mounting assembly having a seat for mounting on a vehicle, a mudflap hanger assembly for mounting a mudflap and a spring biasing the hanger assembly to the seat. A tear-drop shaped seat has special guide flanges to guide seating of a face plate of the hanger assembly. The seat and face plate mounting allow approximately 90.degree. deflection of the hanger assembly through a 360.degree. angle with respect to the seat. The guide flanges provide for positive reseating of the hanger assembly in a given orientation with respect to the seat.
Claims13
In a mudflap assembly having a seat for attaching to a vehicle, a mudflap hanger assembly including means for mounting a mudflap thereon, means for resiliently mounting said hanger to said seat wherein said hanger assembly flexes under normal operation conditions, yet returns to abutting contact with the seat, the improvement which comprises:
- said seat having an upper rimless flat portion and an elongated lower portion with guide means extending outwardly of said lower portion;
- said hanger assembly further including a face plate shaped to fit snugly within said guide means when in seating contact with said seat and in only one predetermined orientation;
- said resilient mounting means biasing said face plate into seating contact with said seat,
- whereby said seat guides said face plate into said predetermined orientation with respect to said seat after flexing of said hanger assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.