Patent ID: 7243882
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: B60K,G01D

Abstract:
1. An above-dash gauge display mount, comprising: a gauge display member having a face portion, a beard portion and an interior wall, said face portion having a substantially horizontal top edge lying in a substantially horizontal plane when said mount is in an upright position, said beard portion integrally formed with said face portion, said face portion further including at least one opening therein; and a rampart member not integrally formed with said gauge display member and securable to said interior wall of said gauge display member, said rampart member having a substantially flat section having at least an upper edge and left and right edges, said rampart member further having an inflexible lip portion extending from the left edge to the right edge along a lower inner portion of said flat section, said lip portion having an internal and external face such that said external face can mate securely therealong with said gauge display member interior wall, thereby creating an opening between said gauge display member top edge and said rampart member upper edge.