Patent ID: 6243464
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A mounting element for mounting a telephone system to an interior compartment of a vehicle, the telephone system including a telephone and an elongated support member that positions the telephone off a floor of a vehicle, said vehicle further having at least one bolt affixed to the interior portion thereof, the bolt having a bolthead that is accessible from the vehicle interior compartment, the mounting element comprising:a socket member having an elongated socket body portion extending between first and second ends of the socket member, the socket body being defined in part by a sidewall, the first end of said socket body portion having a first opening that is sized to receive a mounting end of said elongated telephone support member, the second end of said socket body portion having a second opening that is configured to received the bolt therein; and,a clamping element passing through one portion of said socket body sidewall and engaging an opposing portion of said socket body sidewall, the clamping element being manipulatable by a user to apply a clamping force on said bolthead received within said socket body portion second opening.