Universal lightbar mounting assembly
AssigneeEmergency Technology, Inc.
InventorsScott Doenges, Gary Ludwig
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Abstract
A universal lightbar foot and mounting assembly for adjustably mounting a lightbar on an emergency vehicle includes a foot, a flexible strap mounted to the foot and with a free end configured to be secured to a side of a vehicle; a light bar bracket configured to be mounted to a light bar; and a connector for rotatably mounting the lightbar bracket to the foot for rotational adjustment of a lightbar bracket with respect to the foot. The foot has a strap adjuster for adjustably attaching the flexible strap to the foot for adjusting the relative position of the foot with respect to the free end of the strap.
Claims15
A universal lightbar mounting assembly for adjustably mounting a lightbar on an emergency vehicle comprises:
- a foot including a flexible strap with a free end configured to be secured to a side of a vehicle;
- a lightbar bracket configured to be mounted to a lightbar having a longitudinal axis;
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- a connector including an annular hub and a mounting socket, and having a tilt axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the lightbar and rotatably mounting the lightbar bracket to the foot for rotational adjustment of the lightbar bracket with respect to the foot;
- wherein the annular hub is tapered and the mounting socket has a complementary bore, and wherein the mounting socket is configured to rotatably receive the annular hub.
A universal lightbar mounting assembly for adjustably mounting a lightbar on an emergency vehicle comprises:
- a foot including a flexible strap with a free end configured to be secured to a side of a vehicle;
- a lightbar bracket configured to be mounted to a lightbar;
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- a connector including an annular hub and a mounting socket, and rotatably mounting the lightbar bracket to the foot about a tilting axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the lightbar configured for rotational adjustment of the lightbar bracket with respect to the foot;
- wherein the flexible strap is fixedly secured to the emergency vehicle and wherein the annular hub is tapered and the mounting socket has a complementary bore, and wherein the mounting socket is configured to rotatably receive the annular hub.
A universal lightbar mounting assembly for adjustably mounting a lightbar on an emergency vehicle comprises:
- a foot including a clutch and a flexible strap with a free end configured to be secured to a side of a vehicle, wherein the clutch includes:
- a clutch bracket with an elongated opening disposed in a bottom wall thereof;
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- a bar slidably mounted to the clutch bracket for movement transverse to the elongated opening between a release position and a locked position such that the flexible strap is selectably threaded through the elongated opening, around the bar and back through the elongated opening;
- a lightbar bracket configured to be mounted to a lightbar having a longitudinal axis;
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- a connector having a tilt axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the lightbar and rotatably mounting the lightbar bracket to the foot for rotational adjustment of the lightbar bracket with respect to the foot;
- wherein the clutch is configured for adjustably attaching the flexible strap to the foot for adjusting the relative position of the foot with respect to the free end of the strap and wherein the clutch selectively retains the strap in a selected adjusted position within the foot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.