Patent ID: 8579314

Claim:
A removable mud flap assembly comprising: a removable structure coupled to a flap member, the flap member being suspended below the removable structure and the removable structure including an upper edge, a first notch, and a second notch, the first and second notches residing at opposite ends of the removable structure and below the upper edge; a fixed structure removably coupled to the removable structure, the fixed structure including: a first pin including a portion residing within the first notch; a second pin including a portion residing within the second notch; a receiving slot within which resides the upper edge, wherein the upper edge is confined within the receiving slot while the first pin portion resides within the first notch and the second portion resides within the second notch; wherein: the second pin is a release pin having a home position and a retracted position, the home position including the release pin having a portion residing within the first notch, and the retracted position including the release pin being retracted from within the second notch while the upper edge resides within the receiving slot; the second notch comprises an upper notch boundary and a lower notch boundary, the upper notch boundary being shorter than the lower notch boundary; and the release pin is spring loaded, a spring tension of the spring loading applying force to the release pin, the force being toward the home position and away from the retracted position.