Patent ID: 6443492
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
Mud flap hanger apparatus for securement to a truck or other vehicle, said mud flap hanger apparatus comprising, in combination:a mud flap support member having an attachment end and a distal end spaced from said attachment end; a tension spring having first and second ends, said tension spring attached at the first end thereof to said mud flap support member at a location spaced from said attachment end; a connector connected to the second end of said tension spring and including a threaded connector portion projecting outwardly from the attachment end of said mud flap support member; a tension adjustment member threadedly engaged with said outwardly projecting threaded connector portion and cooperable with said connector and said mud flap support member to tension said tension spring from a location external of said mud flap support member; and securement means for securing said mud flap hanger apparatus to a vehicle, said connector being movably mounted relative to said mud flap support member and movable relative to said mud flap support member during tensioning of said tension spring, said mud flap hanger apparatus additionally comprising stop means for limiting relative movement between said connector and said mud flap support member and limiting the degree to which said tension spring can be tensioned, said stop means comprising a protrusion projecting from said connector and disposed adjacent to and inwardly of the attachment end of said mud flap support member.