US 12,420,692 B2
No drill brackets for mounting loading ramps to utility vans
Steven Peterson, Wayzata, MN (US); and Samuel Johnson, Orono, MN (US)
Assigned to National Fleet Products, Inc., Buffalo, MN (US)
Filed by National Fleet Products, Inc., Buffalo, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/092,890.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/296,053, filed on Jan. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0211716 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B60P 1/43 (2006.01); B60R 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC B60P 1/43 (2013.01) [B60R 9/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bracket for mounting accessories to a rear opening of a utility van, the bracket comprising:
a horizontal plate portion, comprising a planar surface;
a vertical portion, the vertical portion extending vertically from a horizontal side of the horizontal plate portion, the vertical portion comprising a main portion and a flange, the flange extending horizontally from the main portion from a side edge thereof, the vertical portion comprising a plurality of fastener apertures extending horizontally therethrough to receive a male fastener; and
a diagonal plate member spanning between the horizontal plate portion and the vertical portion,
wherein the horizontal plate portion includes a plurality of fastening apertures vertically therethrough adjacent to a far lateral edge of the horizontal plate portion that lies opposite the vertical portion.