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Method and means for releasable attachment of mud flap on vehicle

US4856816A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 28, 1988
Grant dateAug 15, 1989
Priority date—
Expiry dateMar 28, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/535
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Presented is a method and a device for releasably securing mud flaps to a vehicle. The method involves attachment of the mud flaps in such a way that upon the application of a predetermined downwardly exerted force on the mud flap, it will be released without damage to the flap, or its hanger bracket, thus enabling its retrieval and replacement. Structurally, the hanger bracket includes a metal socket fastened to the vehicle, and an elastically deformable insert which normally lies enclosed within the socket when supporting the flap, but which is elastically deformed and pulled through the socket when an extraordinary force is imposed on the flap.

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