Motor vehicle accessory particularly useful for holding a sign or other article

• US 5,069,376 A
• Filed: 12/11/1990
• Issued: 12/03/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Meir Barel
• Original Assignee: Meir Barel
• Inventors: Barel, Meir
• Primary Examiner(s): Focarino, Margaret A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOGE, GARY CHAPMAN
• Application Number:
  US07/625,338
• Time in Patent Office: 357 Days
• Field of Search: 296/37.12, 40/593, 40/644, 40/661, 40/643, 224/277
• US Class Current: 224/277
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/08 Disposition of racks, clips , holders, containers or the like for supporting specific articles B60R7/005 takes precedence

Abstract

A motor vehicle accessory particularly useful for holding a sign or other article, includes a plate member formed at one end with a mounting section for insertion between the vehicle windshield and the vehicle dashboard. The mounting section extends obliquely to the plate member, and is joined to it by an elastic juncture section, such that when the mounting section is inserted between the vehicle windshield and the vehicle dashboard, the plate member is pressed towards the inner surface of the windshield to thereby releasably hold a sign or other article between it and the inner surface of the windshield.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle accessory particularly useful for holding a sign or other article, comprising:

a plate member formed at one end with a mounting section for insertion between the vehicle windshield and the vehicle dashboard;

said mounting section including parallel opposed faces extending at an oblique angle to said plate member, and being joined to it by an elastic juncture section, such that when the mounting section is inserted between the vehicle windshield and the vehicle dashboard, the plate member is pressed, by said oblique angle of the mounting section and the elasticity of said juncture section, towards the inner surface of the windshield to thereby contact and releasably press a sign or other article against the inner surface of the windshield.

2. The accessory according to claim 1, wherein said mounting section has a sharp edge for insertion between the windshield and the vehicle dashboard.

3. The accessory according to claim 1, wherein said plate member, mounting section, and elastic juncture section are integrally formed as a single unit.

4. The accessory according to claim 3, wherein said juncture section is formed with two U-shaped bends to increase its elasticity.

5. The accessory according to claim 3, wherein said plate member, mounting section, and elastic juncture section are all made of transparent plastic material.

6. The accessory according to claim 3, wherein said plate member and mounting section are of rectangular configuration.

7. The accessory according to claim 1, wherein said oblique angle is 130°

-175°

, and said plate member and mounting section are both planar, the plane of the mounting section forming said oblique angle with respect to the plane of the plate member.

8. The accessory according to claim 1, further including a transparent jacket removably received over said plate member for retaining a sign between the jacket and the plate member.

9. A motor vehicle accessory particularly useful for holding a sign or other article, comprising:

a substantially planar plate member formed at one end with a substantially planar mounting section for insertion between the vehicle windshield and the vehicle dashboard;

said mounting section being integrally formed with said plate member and being joined to it by an elastic juncture section formed with two U-shaped bends, such that when the mounting section is inserted between the vehicle windshield and the vehicle dashboard, the plate member is pressed towards the inner surface of the windshield to thereby releasably hold a sign or other article between it and the inner surface of the windshield.

10. The accessory according to claim 9, wherein said mounting section has a sharp edge for insertion between the windshield and the vehicle dashboard.

11. The accessory according to claim 10, wherein said plate member, mounting section, and elastic juncture section are all made of transparent plastic material.

12. The accessory according to claim 10, wherein said plate member and mounting section are of rectangular configuration.

13. The accessory according to claim 9, further including a transparent jacket removably received over said plate member for retaining a sign between the jacket and the plate member.

14. A motor vehicle accessory particularly useful for holding a sign or other article, comprising:

a plate member integrally formed at one end with a mounting section for insertion between the vehicle windshield and the vehicle dashboard;

a transparent jacket removably received over said plate member for retaining a sign between the jacket and the plate member;

said mounting section extending obliquely to said plate member, and being joined to it by an elastic juncture section, such that when the mounting section is inserted between the vehicle windshield and the vehicle dashboard, the plate member is pressed towards the inner surface of the windshield to thereby releasably hold a sign or other article between it and the inner surface of the windshield.

15. The accessory according to claim 14, wherein said mounting section has a sharp edge for insertion between the windshield and the vehicle dashboard.

16. The accessory according to claim 14, wherein said juncture section is formed with two U-shaped bends to increase its elasticity.

17. The accessory according to claim 14, wherein said plate member, mounting section, and elastic juncture section are all made of transparent plastic material.

18. The accessory according to claim 14, wherein said plate member and mounting section are of rectangular configuration.

19. The accessory according to claim 14, wherein said plate member and mounting section are both planar, the plane of the mounting section forming an angle of 130°

-175°

with respect to the plane of the plate member.