Adjustable overload bracket for vehicles

Claim 1

AN OVERLOAD BRACKET FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE, COMPRISING: A FIRST GENERALLY L-SHAPED BRACKET MEMBER INCLUDING AN ELONGATE SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL PLATE FOR SEATING AGAINST ONE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE FRAME AND A TRANSVERSE SPRING SEAT AT THE UPPER END OF AND EXTENDING BEYOND ONE SIDE OF SAID PLATE; A SECOND GENERALLY L-SHAPED BRACKET MEMBER INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL FLANGE SEATING AGAINST THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID PLATE INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF THE PLATE AND A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL FLANGE EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO SAID PLATE FROM THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL FLANGE; SAID SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL FLANE HAVING AN UPWARDLY FACING SURFACE FOR SEATING AGAINST THE UNDERSURFACE OF SAID VEHICLE FRAME AND SAID SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL FLANGE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL FLANGE; MEANS INCLUDING FASTENING MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID PLATE AND SAID SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL, DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE ADJUSTABLY SECURING SAID BRACKET MEMBERS TOGETHER; A CLAMPING PLATE OVERLYING SAID SURFACE OF SAID SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL FLANGE; AND CLAMPING MEANS JOINING SAID CLAMPING PLATE AND SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL FLANGE.