Patent ID: 6056308
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: A01B,B60D

Abstract:
An adaptor mount for securing accessory equipment conveniently and detachably to a pair of parallel spaced-apart mounting blades affixed to a vehicle, said adaptor mount comprising:a substantially planar front plate member;a tubular mounting sleeve fixedly secured to said front plate member and extending from said front plate member on the opposite side thereof from said side wall members;said mounting sleeve comprising a body portion of rectangular cross-sectional configuration having a central longitudinal opening configured to receive a mating portion of an accessory equipment device in telescopic relationship;said mounting sleeve having an annular reinforcing portion at the end remote from said front plate in the form of an enlarged annular collar having a larger diameter than the outer diameter of said sleevesaid mounting sleeve further having a transverse opening extending completely therethrough for receiving a locking pin;a first pair of parallel spaced-apart side wall members extending from said front plate member and defining between them a first blade-receiving channel lying parallel to a plane normal to said front plate;said first pair of parallel spaced-apart side wall members having a pin-receiving aperture extending transversely therethrough for receiving a locking pin inserted transversely through both of said first pair of sidewalls;a second pair of parallel spaced-apart side wall members extending from said front plate member and defining between them a second blade-receiving channel lying parallel to a plane normal to said front plate;said second pair of parallel spaced-apart side wall members having a pin-receiving aperture extending transversely therethrough for receiving a locking pin inserted transversely through both of said second pair of sidewalls;said first blade-receiving channel being spaced a predetermined distance from said second blade-receiving channel for allowing said first and second channels to simultaneously receive separate ones of said pair of parallel spaced-apart mounting blades affixed to a vehicle.