Patent ID: 6138969
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A bracket for installation in a free switch socket on a vehicle dashboard, said bracket having a first end and a second end, the first end of the bracket having a flat surface and being provided with at least one attachment member, a support member arranged at the second end at a distance spaced apart from the attachment member, and an angular holder part having a first section and a second section, said first section being connected to the attachment member and said second section forming a flat holder portion attached to the support member and being substantially parallel to said flat surface of said first end, the support member having first and second surfaces and being angled back towards the attachment member with at least a portion of the first surface of the support member facing towards the holder part, the attachment member including a U-shaped clamp for installation into the free switch socket on the vehicle dashboard, said support member being adapted to rest against the vehicle dashboard with a preload when the bracket is installed on the vehicle dashboard with the U-shaped clamp installed in the free switch socket, said U-shaped clamp being provided with a hole that threadably receives a bolt provided at the first end of the bracket, said U-shaped clamp being rotatable with respect to the support member between a first position in which said U-shaped clamp is insertable into the free switch socket and a second position in which the U-shaped clamp is clamped in position in the free switch socket upon tightening the bolt.