Patent ID: 6234554
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: B62J,Y10T

Abstract:
A windshield mounting system for a cycle, said mounting system comprising, in combination, a plurality of rod members each extending from a portion of the cycle with which they are associated in use toward a rear surface of the windshield, said windshield having front and rear surfaces and plural openings in said shield, for receiving ball socket units, said rod members including a reduced diameter portion and terminating in a spherical ball, a ball socket unit including a body with surfaces defining a hollow spherical opening of a given diameter disposed generally centrally therein, surfaces defining an entry portion of reduced diameter in relation to said given diameter, a pair of windshield engaging flanges surrounding said openings in said shield and extending radially outwardly from said body, one of said flanges being adapted to overlie the front surface of said shield and the other adapted to overlie the rear surface of said shield, said flanges being parallel to each other and spaced apart so as to accommodate the thickness of said windshield, said ball socket body being loaded in compression between said ball and said shield when said ball is forced into said spherical opening, said ball socket body and said spherical ball thereby resisting removal from said opening.