Patent ID: 7537227

Claim:
A removable side step for a vehicle wherein said vehicle has a body that includes a front fender well and a rear fender well, said removable side step comprising a side step member having a forward end, a rearward end, and a longitudinal axis, a forward cylindrical projection extending from said forward end and generally perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, a rearward cylindrical projection extending from said rearward end and generally perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, a bracket around said forward cylindrical projection, a mounting plate connected to said bracket, said mounting plate sized and shaped to extend along a surface of said front fender well, a first connector in said front fender well for removably receiving said first mounting plate, and an attachment member on said rearward cylindrical projection, a second connector in said rear fender well for removably receiving said attachment member, wherein said side step can be removed from said vehicle by disconnecting said mounting plate and said attachment member from said first and second connectors.