Patent ID: 7780198

Claim:
A chassis skirt mounting assembly for a vehicle having a tank and a chassis skirt, comprising: a tank strap bracket attached to the tank and having a first adjustment slot with a first length dimension; an adjustment bracket attached to the chassis skirt and having a second adjustment slot with a second length dimension oriented generally 90-degrees offset from the first length dimension of the first adjustment slot; a double-sided stud disposed through the first adjustment slot and the second adjustment slot to allow the independent adjustment of the double-sided stud with respect to the first adjustment slot from the adjustment of the double-sided stud with respect to the second adjustment slot, wherein the double-sided stud has a generally tubular shank having a first end and a second end forming an axis, wherein at the first end, a first threaded fastener is received by the shank along the axis towards a center of the shank, and at the second end, a second threaded fastener is received by the shank along the axis towards the center of the shank; and a spacer disposed on the shank and configured to be received between the tank strap bracket and the adjustment bracket, the spacer having a first side generally parallel with the first end and a second side generally parallel with the second end, wherein the spacer has a first anti-rotation structure disposed on the first side of the spacer and a second anti-rotation structure disposed on the second side of the spacer, wherein the first anti-rotation structure engages the first adjustment slot of the tank strap bracket, and the second anti-rotation structure engages the second adjustment slot of the adjustment bracket.