Patent ID: 7040662
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A mud flap holder assembly for use with motor vehicles, said mud flap holder assembly for holding a mud flap having a top portion and at least one flap securement member extending through the top portion and projecting from opposed sides of the top portion, said mud flap holder assembly comprising in combination: a support member attachable to a motor vehicle; and at least one mud flap support clip connected to said support member, said at least one mud flap support clip having two clip segments extending downwardly from said support member, said clip segments having bifurcated end portions with distal ends and forming slots open at lower ends thereof and extending upwardly from said distal ends, and said clip segments disposed side-by-side defining a space therebetween in communication with said slots for receiving the top portion of the mud flap with said clip segments disposed at opposed sides of the top portion and with the at least one flap securement member positioned in the slots thereof at a predetermined location and extending between and through said bifurcated end portions across the space, said slots being of variable width and narrowing below said predetermined location, with said bifurcated end portions forming detents below said predetermined location for frictionally engaging and supporting said at least one flap securement member extending across said space, said bifurcated end portions being flexible whereby a downward pulling force applied to the mud flap will cause flexing of the bifurcated end portions by said at least one flap securement member and release of the mud flap in its entirety from the mud flap holder assembly and passage of said at least one flap securement member out of said space and out of the slots through the openings at the lower ends of the slots.