Motorcycle windshield mounting system

Claim 1

A motorcycle windshield and mounting assembly comprising a combination clamping and mounting assembly and a transparent windshield secured between elements of said clamping assembly and positioned by said mounting assembly relative to an associated motorcycle, said windshield having front and rear surfaces, and a plurality of fastener-receiving openings extending therethrough, said windshield including an upper, principal portion adapted to be seen through by a rider and a lower portion secured between said elements of said clamping assembly, said combination clamping and mounting assembly including a pair of horizontally spaced apart, generally vertically extending mounting brackets each having a rear clamping portion engaging said windshield rear surface and a portion adapted to be secured to a part of an associated motorcycle, a transverse rear clamping element extending generally horizontally between portions of said mounting brackets, said transverse clamping element also having portions engaging said windshield rear surface, a plurality of spaced apart fastener-receiving openings in said transverse clamping elements and in each of said mounting brackets, and a plurality of front clamping elements, one of said front clamping elements being a transverse element and others of said clamping elements extending vertically, with all of said front clamping elements being aligned respectively with counterpart portions of said rear clamping element and said mounting brackets, and a plurality of fasteners being registered with and extending through said openings in said windshield, and into said openings in said rear clamping elements to secure said windshield in snug relation to said mounting brackets, said transverse front clamping element including at least a pair of vertical slots on its rear surface, each of said vertical front clamping elements including an upper end portion having a tongue engageable with one of said slots and an arcuate relief portion contoured so as to snugly engage said leading surface of said front transverse clamping element so as to permit a portion of the upper end of each of said vertical clamping elements to overlie a lower margin of said transverse front clamping element.