Apparatus for removably mounting equipment to a vehicle
First Claim
1. Apparatus for removably mounting equipment to a vehicle, comprising:
- first and second generally planar frames, one of said frames adapted for attachment to the equipment and another of said frames adapted for attachment to the vehicle,members defining grooves along opposite edges of said second frame,said first frame having bends to form wings slideably receivable in a direction along said grooves and having a centrally located oblong hole for receiving a spring locking member,and a spring locking member biased in a direction away from and attached at an end to said second frame, having a bend for engagement with walls of said oblong hole adapted to engage said oblong hole at least at four opposing locations to constrain the motion therewithin in a direction transverse to said slideable direction, to urge said wings of said first into engagement with said grooves of said second frame to constrain any relative motion therebetween, and to lock said first and second frames against sliding relative movement.
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Abstract
Apparatus for mounting equipment to a vehicle includes first and second frames adapted for sliding engagement between downwardly extending wing members of the top frame within grooves formed by bends along opposite edges of the bottom frame. A spring locking member attached to the bottom frame is received within an oblong hole in the upper frame in a locked and engaged position, to urge the wing members into engagement with the bent edges of the lower frame. The spring locking member is located within a slot in an upwardly extending portion of the lower frame to constrain it only to upward and downward movement. In the engaged position the locking member prevents movement in orthoginal or transverse directions thereby securing firmly the first and second frames and equipment carried thereby to the vehicle.
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3 Claims
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1. Apparatus for removably mounting equipment to a vehicle, comprising:
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first and second generally planar frames, one of said frames adapted for attachment to the equipment and another of said frames adapted for attachment to the vehicle, members defining grooves along opposite edges of said second frame, said first frame having bends to form wings slideably receivable in a direction along said grooves and having a centrally located oblong hole for receiving a spring locking member, and a spring locking member biased in a direction away from and attached at an end to said second frame, having a bend for engagement with walls of said oblong hole adapted to engage said oblong hole at least at four opposing locations to constrain the motion therewithin in a direction transverse to said slideable direction, to urge said wings of said first into engagement with said grooves of said second frame to constrain any relative motion therebetween, and to lock said first and second frames against sliding relative movement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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