AUTOMOBILE FLOOR HUMP STRADDLE MOUNT FOR AUTOMOTIVE ACCESSORY

• US 3,658,219 A
• Filed: 04/17/1970
• Issued: 04/25/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Jay H. Van Ordt
• Original Assignee: Jay H. Van Ordt
• Inventors: Van Ordt, Jay H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Forlenza, Gerald M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Spar, Robert J.
• Application Number:
  US05/029,545
• Time in Patent Office: 739 Days
• Field of Search: 248/128 297/232,113 206/19.5R,19.5B 224/29,42.42,42.11
• US Class Current: 224/540
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0205 for radio sets B60R11/0211 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0211 for record carriers apparatus, e.g. video recorders, tape players or CD players
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0007 Mid-console
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0029 Floor, e.g. side sills, fire wall
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0059 using clips, clamps, straps or the like

Abstract

A straddle mount for removably or semi-permanently mounting an accessory, such as a radio, stereo tape player or the like, in an automobile having a drive shaft clearance hump rising from the floor along the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle. The straddle mount has a channel shaped base for fitting over the floor hump in straddling relation to the base, and a riser attached to the top wall member of the base including an upper mounting plate which slopes upwardly in the rearward direction and is equipped with brackets having upstanding bracket arms for straddling and mounting the accessory to be installed. The base and brackets are adjustable to accommodate a range of floor hump and accessory sizes.

Claims

1. An automobile floor hump straddle mount for an accessory, such as a radio, stereo tape player, or the like, comprising:

a generally channel shaped base adapted to be placed over said floor hump and including a top wall member for extending across the top of said hump and side wall members depending from opposite longitudinal edges of said top wall member for straddling said hump, and accessory mounting means on said top wall member for attaching said accessory to said base comprising a riser having a rear upstanding panel rising from said top wall member adjacent the rear edge thereof and an accessory mounting plate extending from the upper edge of said panel to the front edge of said top wall member in forwardly converging relation to said top wall member, whereby said mounting plate slopes upwardly in the rearward direction of said mount, bracket arms on said mounting plate for straddling said accessory, and means for securing said arms to said accessory.

2. A straddle mount according to claim 1 wherein:

said accessory mounting means further comprise means for adjustiNg the spacing between said bracket arms to accommodate accessories of differing size.

3. A straddle mount according to claim 1 wherein:

said riser panel has openings and means for mounting a speaker on the inner forwardly facing side of the panel.

4. A straddle mount according to claim 1 wherein:

said depending base side wall members are resiliently flexible to frictionally grip said floor hump, and said mounting means includes means for adjusting the spacing between said side wall members to accommodate floor humps of differing size.

5. An automobile floor hump straddle mount for an accessory, such as a radio, stereo tape player, or the like, comprising:

a generally channel shaped base adapted to be placed over said floor hump including a pair of adjustable sections having slidably overlapping top wall portions, fasteners extending through slots in said wall portions for joining the latter to form a top wall member for extending across the top of said floor hump, and side wall members depending from the outer edges of said wall portions for straddling said hump, said slots extending in the direction of overlap of said top wall portions and said fasteners being releasable to permit adjustment of the spacing between said side wall members for accommodating floor humps of differing size, an accessory mounting riser on said top wall member including a panel rising from said top wall member adjacent its rear edge and having a flange seating against said top wall member, an accessory mounting plate extending from the upper edge of said panel to the front edge of said top wall member and having a flange seating against said top wall member, said mounting plate sloping upwardly in the rearward direction of said straddle mount, and said riser flanges having openings receiving said fasteners for securing said riser to said base, brackets on said mounting plate having upstanding arms for straddling said accessory, means adjustably securing said brackets to said mounting plate for adjusting the spacing between said bracket arms to accommodate accessories of differing size, and means for securing said arms to said accessory.

6. A straddle mount according to claim 5 wherein:

said base side wall members are resiliently flexible to frictionally grip said floor hump.

7. A straddle mount according to claim 5 wherein:

said riser panel has openings and includes means for securing a speaker to the inner forwardly facing side of the panel.

8. A straddle mount according to claim 5 wherein:

the rear upper end of said riser mounting plate extends rearwardly of said riser panel and over said base top wall member to provide a battery space at the rear side of said panel.

9. A straddle mount according to claim 5 wherein:

said upstanding bracket arms are provided with mounting openings and are offset in opposite lateral directions longitudinally of said mounting plate to locate said openings in coaxial alignment.