US 11,697,378 B2
Clamping mount for vehicle dashboard
Dmitri Stepanov, San Francisco, CA (US); Aliaksandra Birukova, San Francisco, CA (US); and Matthew Campbell Greaves, Oxley (AU)
Assigned to Cypress Overland LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Cypress Overland LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/390,461.
Prior Publication US 2023/0030486 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/02 (2013.01) [B60R 2011/0008 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0059 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A removable mounting device configured for mounting accessories to an air vent in a vehicle, comprising:
a front plate configured to overlay a portion of a frame surrounding the air vent in the vehicle;
a back plate removably fastened to the front plate, wherein at least one portion of the back plate and the front plate are configured to clamp the frame of the air vent from opposing sides of the frame while allowing louvers of the air vent to be moveable within the air vent;
a spacing flange between the front plate and the at least one portion of the back plate;
a coupler affixed to the front plate;
a groove formed in a back side of the front plate, configured to substantially match a profile of the frame;
an elastomeric compression strip installed in the groove, wherein the elastomeric compression strip has a non-uniform stiffness including a first stiffness in a region of the groove not adjacent to an end of the groove and a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness in a region of the groove adjacent to the end of the groove.