Patent ID: 8613379

Claim:
Apparatus for mounting a portable device to the mirror mount of a scooter, the mirror mount including a support rod coupled at one end to the scooter and at the opposite end to a mirror, said apparatus comprising: a vehicle mount including a first clamping element and a second clamping element; said first clamping element having a first end formed with a first cavity which is effective to engage one portion of the support rod of the mirror mount, said first cavity defining spaced first and second end edges, a second end of said first housing being formed with a slot defining a first clamping section and a mating second clamping section, a first bore partially formed in each of said first and second clamping sections and a cross bore extending between said first and second clamping sections which intersects said first bore; said second clamping element having a third end formed with a second cavity which is effective to engage another portion of the support rod of the mirror mount, said second cavity defining spaced third and fourth end edges; at least one fastener connected between said first and second clamping elements so that said first and second cavities encircle the support rod of the mirror mount and said first and second end edges of said first clamping element engage respective third and fourth end edges of said second clamping element; a first coupler having an extension formed with a circumferentially extending recess, said extension being received within said first bore of said first clamping element and rotatable therein to any position wherein at least a portion of said circumferentially extending recess aligns with said cross bore; a mounting element insertable within said cross bore of said first clamping section and into a portion of said circumferentially extending recess which aligns with said cross bore, said mounting element being captured within said circumferentially extending recess of said extension between said first and second end portions thereof, said mounting element being effective to urge said first and second clamping sections toward one another; a second coupler connected to said first coupler; a device support adapted to support the portable device, said second coupler being connected to said device support.