Patent ID: 8220849

Claim:
A kit of parts for assembling a device that enables the removable attachment of an accessory to the front of a motor vehicle, said vehicle having a grille, a vehicle frame, and two mounting receptacles, each attached to the frame and positioned below the grille, for receiving a mounting bar, said kit comprising, in combination: (a) a brush guard comprising two substantially parallel upright members and at least one cross-member interconnecting and retaining the two upright members in rigid, spaced-apart relationship, each of said upright members having two substantially horizontally extending mounting bars, thereby providing two upper mounting bars and two lower mounting bars, for removable attachment of the brush guard to the motor vehicle, bars said brush guard providing support for the removable attachment of a motor vehicle accessory; (b) two upper mounting brackets, adapted to be attached to the vehicle frame in spaced-apart relationship at the front of the vehicle above the two mounting receptacles, each upper mounting bracket forming a hitch for a respective one of the two upper mounting bars of the brush guard; and (c) two mechanical fasteners for retaining the upper mounting bars on the mounting brackets; wherein each of the two lower mounting bars is insertable in a respective one of said two mounting receptacles.