Patent ID: 8186636

Claim:
A handlebar mounting bracket, comprising: a substantially rigid saddle mount body comprising spaced apart opposing first and second surfaces and first and second spaced apart shoulder portions formed adjacent to opposing first and second ends of the body along a first axis thereof with a pair of spaced apart apertures extending there through, the first surface further comprising a recessed clamping surface portion formed therein substantially between the shoulder portions and the pair of apertures extending there through and oriented substantially crosswise of the first axis of the body; a substantially U-shaped rod formed with first and second partially threaded leg portions projected from opposite ends of an arcuate throat portion, the partially threaded leg portions being sized pass through the apertures of the saddle mount body and further being spaced apart a distance corresponding to a spacing between the apertures; a substantially rigid anvil comprising an arcuate groove shaped to substantially corresponding to the arcuate throat portion of the U-shaped rod and sized to nest therewith, the groove terminating in a clamping surface sized to fit between the first and second leg portions of the rod, and wherein the clamping surface further comprises a pair of oppositely inclined arched flats forming therebetween an included angle; a part-spherical ball mount projected from the second surface of the saddle mount body substantially opposite from the recessed clamping surface portion formed in the first surface thereof; and means for securing the partially threaded leg portions of the U-bolt relative to the saddle mount body.