Patent ID: 7226086

Claim:
A mud flap mounting system for connection to a mud flap mounting bracket of a vehicle, the mounting bracket having a plurality of bracket holes, comprising of; (a) a sheet of flexible material having a top edge and defining at least two mounting openings, each mounting opening includes a bolt hole, a first slit and at least a second slit, said slit being a severed portion of said sheet of flexible material with virtually no loss of said material; the first slit extending from the top edge to a corresponding bolt hole; the second slit or slits extend from the bolt hole, parallel to and/or away from top edge of sheet; (b) a bolt with a bolt head and having a threaded distal end extending through one of the bolt holes in the sheet of flexible material and extendable through a bracket hole in the mounting bracket of a vehicle. (c) a flat pressure plate member interposed between said sheet and said bolt head. (d) a tightening member threadably received on the distal end of said bolt (e) a spring member interposed between said mounting bracket of said vehicle and said tightening member.