Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
190 words
In a mounting means for quickly and easily attachably and detachably supporting a radio or like device over a hump in a floor defining a drive-shaft tunnel of a motor vehicle, the improvement comprising: a base lamina adapted to overlie the ridge of said hump, a lateral lamina swingably attached to each side margin of said base lamina in such manner that said laminae can relatively closely embrace the ridge and substantial side portions of said hump, continuous hinges for effecting said swingable attachment, channel moldng strips protectively embracing the outer edges of said base and lateral laminae, support structure attached to said base lamina and adapted for semi-permanent mounting of a radio or like device thereto, and means for quickly and easily attaching said laminae to spaced regions of said floor and said hump, said attaching means being flat strips adhesively bonded to the under faces of portions of said channel molding strips on all of said laminae, said flat strips having numerous small Velcro-type hooks projecting from their exposed under surfaces and cohesively engageable with nap or like structure on the surfaces of said floor and said hump.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
190 words
In a mounting means for quickly and easily attachably and detachably supporting a radio or like device over a hump in a floor defining a drive-shaft tunnel of a motor vehicle, the improvement comprising: a base lamina adapted to overlie the ridge of said hump, a lateral lamina swingably attached to each side margin of said base lamina in such manner that said laminae can relatively closely embrace the ridge and substantial side portions of said hump, continuous hinges for effecting said swingable attachment, channel moldng strips protectively embracing the outer edges of said base and lateral laminae, support structure attached to said base lamina and adapted for semi-permanent mounting of a radio or like device thereto, and means for quickly and easily attaching said laminae to spaced regions of said floor and said hump, said attaching means being flat strips adhesively bonded to the under faces of portions of said channel molding strips on all of said laminae, said flat strips having numerous small Velcro-type hooks projecting from their exposed under surfaces and cohesively engageable with nap or like structure on the surfaces of said floor and said hump.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
Structure according to claim 1, said like structure being additional flat material adapted to mate with said firstmentioned flat laminae and having numerous small loops projecting from its face and cohesively engageable by said small hooks.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
Structure according to claim 1, said channel molding comprising an inner sheet-metal channel element and a plastic coating over the outside of said sheet-metal channel element.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
Structure according to claim 1, said support structure comprising an inclined plate fixed to said base lamina at its lower end, an upstanding plate fixed to said base lamina and at its upper edge to said inclined plate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
Structure according to claim 4, said plates being formed from a sheet of material bent to define said plates and horizontally flanged to overlie front and rear margins of said base lamina for attachment thereto.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
Structure according to claim 5, said plates being perforated for improved transmission of sound downwardly and outwardly through said mounting means.