Patent ID: 8602277

Claim:
Apparatus for mounting a device to a vehicle, comprising: a vehicle mounting element adapted to mount to a vehicle; a device mounting element adapted to support a device; a first coupling element connected to a second coupling element; one of said vehicle mounting element and said first coupling element having a first extension and the other being formed with a first slot defining first and second clamping sections, a first bore partially formed in each of said first and second clamping sections and spanning said first slot, said first bore receiving said first extension, a second bore partially formed in each of said first and second clamping sections which intersects said first bore, a first mounting element insertable within said second bore to urge said first and second clamping sections toward one another to clamp said first extension between them; one of said device mounting element and said second coupling element having a second extension and the other being formed with a second slot defining third and fourth clamping sections, a third bore partially formed in each of said third and fourth clamping sections and spanning said second slot, said third bore receiving said second extension, a fourth bore partially formed in each of said third and fourth clamping sections which intersects said third bore, a second mounting element insertable within said fourth bore to urge said third and fourth clamping sections toward one another to clamp said second extension between them.