Motor vehicle hood ornament mount
AssigneeBettre Environ Ltd.
InventorWilliam J. Stone
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Abstract
A motor vehicle hood ornament mount is disclosed. Designed with the goal of discouraging theft or vandalism of the ornament displayed thereon, the device includes a spring biasing means which normally forces the displayed ornament into the preferred orientation, yet when disturbed by some destructive individual prevents the ready application of a dislodging force. The ornament resides within an ornament holder housed within a mounting shell attached through the body of the vehicle, and a biasing spring forces ornament holder in an external direction.
Claims15
A motor vehicle hood ornament mount, designed for installation in a hole in the body of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a mounting shell, said mounting shell having a substantially cylindrical bore therethrough, said mounting shell having a substantially inward flange at the upper one of two end of said cylindrical bore said mounting shell further having a lower cylindrical portion for insertion through said hole in said body of said motor vehicle and an upper portion, said lower cylindrical portion having a diameter less that the width dimension of said upper portion;
- means for securely attaching said mounting shell to said body of said motor vehicle;
- a shaft disposed within said cylindrical bore of said mounting shell, said shaft being axially translatable within said cylindrical bore and having a smaller diameter than said cylindrical bore, said shaft having a first end and a second end, said first end being adjacent to said inward flange of said mounting shell;
- an ornament holder attached to said first end of said shaft, said ornament holder having a receptacle in which an ornament may be secured, said ornament holder having substantially the same diameter as said cylindrical bore so that said inward flange of said mounting shell maintains said ornament mount therewithin;
- means for attaching said ornament mount to said shaft;
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- means for biasing said shaft and ornament holder toward said inward flange of said mounting shell.
A motor vehicle hood ornament mount, designed for installation in a hole in the body of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a mounting shell, said mounting shell having a substantially cylindrical bore therethrough, said mounting shell having a substantially inward flange at the upper one of two end of said cylindrical bore, said mounting shell further having a lower cylindrical portion for insertion through said hole in said body of said motor vehicle and an upper portion, said lower cylindrical portion having a diameter less that the width dimension of said upper portion;
- means for securely attaching said mounting shell to said body of said motor vehicle;
- an ornament holder disposed within said cylindrical bore, said ornament holder having a receptacle in which an ornament may be secured, said ornament holder having substantially the same diameter as said cylindrical bore so that said inward flange of said mounting shell maintains said ornament mount therewithin;
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- means for biasing said ornament holder toward said inward flange of said mounting shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.