Windshield attachment for a golf cart or the like and a method for installing
AssigneeAircraft Dynamics Corporation
InventorsJack D. Jones, Russell K. Glover, Jr.
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Abstract
A windshield attachment for a golf cart or the like comprising an upper panel hinged to a lower panel at a horizontal hinge for movement from upright closed position to a lower dependent open position. The lower panel is provided with vertically spaced crossbars of tubular type with slotted ends. Clamping units fit over the posts and extend into the crossbar slots in interlocking relationship with the bars to hold them in selected horizontal positions at the respective levels. A similar top crossbar is similarly mounted on the posts at an upper level to engage the edge of the top panel when closed.
Claims13
A windshield attachment for a vehicle having laterally spaced, vertically extending top support posts at its forward side, said attachment comprising:
- an upper panel hinged to a lower panel at a horizontal hinge for vertical swinging relative thereto;
- a lower crossbar fastened to the lower panel at a lower horizontal position and an intermediate crossbar fastened to the lower panel at an upper horizontal position adjacent the hinge, and clamps for clamping the respective bars to the posts;
- said bars being of tubular form and each bar having open ends and an inwardly opening slot at each end;
- said clamps engaging the posts and having innerlocking portions which extend through the respective crossbar slots and into interlocking engagement with the tubular crossbars to hold them in selected horizontal positions on the posts.
A method of installing a windshield unit on laterally spaced top support posts of a vehicle, the windshield consisting of a unit comprising an upper panel hinged to a lower panel at a horizontal hinge, the lower panel having an upper crossbar fixed thereto at the hinge and a lower crossbar fixed thereto, the bars being of tubular form with open ends and outwardly opening exposed slots at the end, the steps comprising:
- providing clamps for the upper and lower crossbars of the lower panel and loosely applying said clamps on one of the posts at a selected side, slipping the unit laterally toward that side to cause a part of each clamp to enter the adjacent end of one of the bars through the slots into interlocking engagement therewith,
- moving the unit further in the same direction until the clamps reach the ends of the slots,
- applying other clamps loosely on the post at that opposite side and then reversing the lateral movement of the unit to cause a portion of the other clamps on that opposite side post to enter the ends of the crossbar and into the slots at such ends,
- continuing the reversing lateral movement until the unit is centered on the posts, and
- tightening all the clamps to hold the bars in fixed horizontal positions on the posts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.