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US 5,967,553 AGranted
Bracket for mud flaps and snowplow diverters
OwnerJames J. Cominskyinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a mud flap retainer device for attachment to the transverse, rearward facing support frame of a truck. The retainer device comprises a spring biased bracket constructed as a unitary, stainless steel piece, that incorporates releasability of the mud flap without destruction thereof, if the flap is pulled under a truck tire or is torn away by similar exceptional forces. The brackets are also useful for retaining snowplow diverters on the upper perimeter of a snowplow blade.
Claims7
A mudflap retainer for attachment to a transverse, rearward facing support frame of a truck, comprising:
- a pair of brackets positioned adjacent one another, each having a flat portion mounted on a truck support frame to depend from the frame, a spring bias clamp section formed by an arch of the flat portion bent on itself in the arch to form the spring bias clamp for clamping a mudflap against the flat portion of each bracket, a retainer clamp section extending from the spring bias clamp section of the arch to form a grip area of the bracket, the grip area attenuating a space between the flat portion and the clamp section, and a leverage strut formed by an extension of the retainer clamp section bent radially outward from the clamp section near the grip area, for opening the retainer device by applying a force on the strut;
- a means for mounting each bracket of the pair on the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.