Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1986-06-02
1987-09-22
Mitchell, David M.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
B62D 2518
Patent
active
046950702
ABSTRACT:
The hanger, for mounting a mud flap to a vehicle mounted with an horizontal depending flange on each side, has at least two hanging, flexible and substantially non-stretchable bars pin-connected at one end in space apart relationship to the flange. To each of the respective pins is pin-connected a flexible but stretchable bar. The lower end of each non-stretchable bar has a vertically disposed elongated slot through which extends a support pin for the mud flap. Each support pin snugly passes through a hole formed along the upper edge of the mud flap and also snugly passes through a suitable hole formed on the lower end of the stretchable bar. The length of each stretchable bar in such that, under normal conditions with only the weight of the mud flap being supported by the support pin and, in turn, by the stretchable bars, the support pin is disposed adajcent the upper end of the elongated slot. Then whenever a downward pull is exerted on the mud flap the stretchable bars become elongated and each support pin rides downward within the respective elongated slot.
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patent: 3333868 (1967-08-01), Sogoian
patent: 3711119 (1973-01-01), Hollingsworth
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Mitchell David M.
Roberts Edward E.
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