Patent ID: 9266478
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: B60R,F16B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A convertible mounting bracket capable of securement onto load carrier bars of different dimensions, the bracket comprising: an elongate first jaw body having a first end opposite a second end; the first jaw body having a load bar engaging surface; an elongate second jaw body having a first end opposite a second end; the second jaw body having at least two load bar engaging surfaces on opposite sides of the second jaw body and a flip-connector coupled between the first ends of each of the first and second jaw bodies; the flip-connector being interconnected to the first end of the second jaw body by a pivot connection, the pivot connection accommodating approximately 180 degree pivotation of the second jaw body about the pivot connection between first and second orientations of the second jaw body and wherein, in the first orientation of the second jaw body a first of the at least two load bar engaging surfaces of the second jaw body is facing the load bar engaging surface of the first jaw body and in the second orientation of the second jaw body a second of the at least two load bar engaging surfaces of the second jaw body is facing the load bar engaging surface of the first jaw body and thereby accommodating securement of the convertible mounting bracket onto load carrier bars of different dimensions.