Offset mounting bracket

A vehicle fender or mudflap accessory and mounting bracket assembly for mounting on a vehicle frame, comprising:

• a vehicle accessory including an elongated post;
• a mounting bracket including
• a frame-mounting block having an inner face adapted to abut a vehicle frame, an outer face spaced from the inner face, and a frame-mounting opening passing through the frame-mounting block transverse to the inner face, and
• an accessory-mounting plate having an inner face oriented toward a vehicle frame when the mounting bracket is mounted to the vehicle frame, an outer face abutting an end of the vehicle accessory, and an accessory-mounting opening, a thickness of the frame-mounting block between the inner and outer faces thereof being greater than a thickness of the accessory-mounting plate between the inner and outer faces thereof to space the accessory-mounting plate inner face outwardly from the inner face of the frame-mounting block to accommodate a fastener head of a fastener when the mounting bracket is mounted to the vehicle frame;
• the accessory-mounting fastener being received in the accessory-mounting opening and fixed to the end of the vehicle accessory;
• a rotation-resisting element mounted to one of the accessory-mounting plate and the frame-mounting block for resisting rotation of the mounting bracket about an axis passing through the frame-mounting opening;
• and
• a frame-mounting fastener received in the frame-mounting opening for attaching the mounting bracket to a vehicle frame.

A bracket assembly for mounting a fender or mudflap accessory on a vehicle, the bracket assembly comprising:

• a bracket comprising a frame mounting block and an accessory-mounting plate;
• the frame-mounting block having an inner face adapted to abut a vehicle fame and an outer face spaced from the inner face and a frame-mounting opening passing through the frame-mounting block transverse to the inner face for receiving a fastener for mounting the bracket to a vehicle frame;
• an accessory-mounting plate having an inner face oriented toward a vehicle frame when the bracket is mounted to the vehicle frame and an outer face adapted to abut a vehicle accessory, a structure of the frame-mounting block between the inner and outer faces thereof and a structure of the accessory-mounting plate between the inner and outer faces thereof providing the accessory-mounting plate with an inner face which is located between a plane defined by the inner face of the frame-mounting block and a plane defined by the outer face of the frame-mounting block and positioned to accommodate a bolt head of a bolt when the bracket is mounted to the vehicle frame, and an accessory-mounting opening in the accessory-mounting plate for receiving the bolt therethrough;
• the bolt adapted to be threaded into the a fastener for an accessory;
• and
• a rotation resisting element mounted to one of the accessory-mounting plate and the frame-mounting block and adapted to engage the vehicle frame to resist rotation of the bracket about an axis passing through the frame-mounting opening.