Patent ID: 6484984
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
In combination with a mudflap bar bracket adapted to mount a mudflap, the mudflap bar bracket having a horizontal portion adapted to mount a mudflap and a vertical portion; a bracket-mounting assembly for mounting the mudflap bracket to a vehicle frame, the bracket-mounting assembly comprising:a body having a frame-mounting portion and a bracket-mounting portion; the frame-mounting portion having a frame face at one side of the frame-mounting portion adapted to abut the vehicle frame and a tapped lateral hole transverse to the frame face; the bracket-mounting portion having a vertically-extending shaft opening extending at least a portion of the way through the bracket-mounting portion for removably mounting the mudflap bracket; a bolt threadably received in the tapped lateral hole in the frame-mounting portion for securing the body to the frame; and at least one rotation-resisting pin mounted in at least one well in the frame-mounting portion, spaced from the tapped lateral hole, and having a pointed end projecting from the frame face for gripping a surface of the vehicle frame to resist relative rotation of the body with respect to the vehicle frame.