Bracket for supporting a radar detector or like device
First Claim
1. A bracket for supporting a radar detector or like device within a motor vehicle having a windshield, said bracket comprising:
- a substantially planar mounting portion;
a substantially planar support portion extending at an acute angle from said mounting portion;
means for detachably securing said bracket to said windshield so that said support portion is oriented in a substantially horizontal position, said securing means comprising at least two suction cups disposed on said mounting portion to engage said windshield;
means for adjusting the orientation of said bracket with respect to the windshield, said means for adjusting comprising a selectively adjustable spacer disposed between said windshield and said mounting portion at a location vertically spaced from said at least two suction cups, wherein adjusting said spacer alters the angular relationship between the windshield and the mounting portion, thereby altering the orientation of said bracket to achieve a horizontal orientation of said support portion; and
means for removably mounting said radar detector or like device to the support portion of said bracket.
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Abstract
A bracket for supporting a radar detector or like device on the windshield of a motor vehicle such that the device is readily accessible to the user. The bracket generally includes a substantially planar support which has first and second portions disposed at an acute angle to one another. Secured to the second portion of the support are two main suction cups and one secondary suction cup which may be adjusted according to the slope of the vehicle windshield. The radar detector or like device is secured to the first portion of the support which is maintained in a horizontal position upon mounting the bracket.
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Citations
12 Claims
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1. A bracket for supporting a radar detector or like device within a motor vehicle having a windshield, said bracket comprising:
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a substantially planar mounting portion; a substantially planar support portion extending at an acute angle from said mounting portion; means for detachably securing said bracket to said windshield so that said support portion is oriented in a substantially horizontal position, said securing means comprising at least two suction cups disposed on said mounting portion to engage said windshield; means for adjusting the orientation of said bracket with respect to the windshield, said means for adjusting comprising a selectively adjustable spacer disposed between said windshield and said mounting portion at a location vertically spaced from said at least two suction cups, wherein adjusting said spacer alters the angular relationship between the windshield and the mounting portion, thereby altering the orientation of said bracket to achieve a horizontal orientation of said support portion; and means for removably mounting said radar detector or like device to the support portion of said bracket. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In combination
a radar detector and a bracket for mounting the radar detector to the windshield of an automobile of the like, said windshield lying in an acute angle with respect to a vertical plane, said bracket comprising a substantially planar mounting portion; -
a substantially planar support portion extending at an acute angle from said mounting portion; and
means for detachably securing said bracket to said windshield so that said support portion is oriented in a substantially horizontal position, said securing means comprising at least two suction cups disposed on said mounting portion to engage said windshield;said bracket further comprising spacing means mounted on said mounting portion and engaging said windshield to space said bracket from said windshield, said spacing means being disposed at a point offset from a line connecting the center of said suction cups, said spacing means being positioned closer to said support portion than said suction cups so that said spacing means maintains said support portion in a substantially horizontal plane, wherein said support portion and said mounting portion each lie in planes which intersect at an acute angle substantially equal to the angle of the windshield, means for mounting said radar detector to said support portion of said bracket so that said radar detector depends from said support portion. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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Specification