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US 6,604,724 B2Granted
Mudflap bracket
AssigneeFleet Engineers, Inc.
InventorsTimothy R. Hawes, Wesley K. Eklund
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AssigneeFleet Engineers, Inc.
InventorsTimothy R. Hawes, Wesley K. Eklund
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A spring-biased mudflap bracket assembly includes a hollow tube with a mounting plate at a proximate end and a frame seat mating to the mounting plate and yieldably biased into contact with the mounting plate by a spring mounted at one end within the hollow tube and to the frame seat at another end. A vibration-absorbing gasket can be mounted on an outer surface of the frame seat to abut the vehicle frame. A double-headed bolt mounts the spring to the hollow tube. The frame seat has three apertures in alignment, a central one of the apertures having a spacing to an upper aperture different than a spacing to a lower aperture, and a pair of mounting fasteners are received in two of the three apertures for mounting the frame seat to a vehicle frame. A concave perimetrical channel in the frame seat mates with a complementary convex annular projection on the mounting plate to form a pivot socket for the mounting plate with respect to the frame seat. The hollow tube has at least one sidewall including a longitudinal recess in an exterior surface thereof a conspicuity reflector is mounted in the longitudinal recess. The mounting plate has a tube-engaging wall which extends into the hollow tube and supports the proximate end of the hollow tube.
A spring-biased mudflap bracket assembly including a hollow tube with a mounting plate at a proximate end, a frame seat mating to the mounting plate and yieldably biased into contact with the mounting plate by a spring mounted at one end within the hollow tube and to the frame seat at another end, and a vibration-absorbing gasket mounted on an outer surface of the frame seat and adapted to abut the vehicle frame, the improvement comprising:
A spring-biased mudflap bracket assembly including a hollow tube with a mounting plate at a proximate end, a frame seat mating to the mounting plate and yieldably biased into contact with the mounting plate by a spring mounted at one end within the hollow tube and to the frame seat at another end, the improvement comprising:
A spring-biased mudflap bracket assembly including a hollow tube with a mounting plate at a proximate end, a frame seat mating to the mounting plate and yieldably biased into contact with the mounting plate by a spring mounted at one end within the hollow tube and to the frame seat at another end, the improvement comprising:
A spring-biased mudflap bracket assembly including a hollow tube with a mounting plate at a proximate end, a frame seat mating to the mounting plate and yieldably biased into contact with the mounting plate by a spring mounted at one end within the hollow tube and to the frame seat at another end, the improvement comprising:
A spring-biased mudflap bracket assembly including a hollow tube with a mounting plate at a proximate end, a frame seat mating to the mounting plate and yieldably biased into contact with the mounting plate by a spring mounted at one end within the hollow tube and to the frame seat at another end,
A spring-biased mudflap bracket assembly including a hollow tube comprising opposing sidewalls with a mounting plate at a proximate end, a frame seat mating to the mounting plate and yieldably maintained in contact with the mounting plate by a spring internally mounted at one end to the hollow tube and to the frame seat at another end,
A spring-biased mudflap bracket assembly including a hollow tube with a mounting plate at a proximate end, a frame seat mating to the mounting plate and yieldably biased into contact with the mounting plate by a spring mounted at one end within the hollow tube and to the frame seat at another end, the improvement comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.