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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
May. 21, 1999
Leonard John Balog, Naples, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
An assembly has a base of elastomeric material and a frame for an emblem or ornament. A fastener portion of the frame fits with a stem portion of the base in fixed relation. The base is secured to a surface, such as a vehicle hood, by an adhesive, with no elements through the attachment surface being required. The base is elastic to yield to anticipated forces, such as due to wind, automatic car washes, and manual pulls or pushes, and to return to its intended position, without disturbing the adhesive bond. Base designs include having a stem at an angle to a normal to the base bottom or mounting surface; the amount of such angle being determined to make the emblem be presented in an upright or moderately canted back, position when the assembly is installed on any of a number of vehicles having a range of hood slopes; so that substantially all vehicles and hood slopes in use can be fitted with one of only a small number of base configurations. Economy of construction and ease of installation, including a method that gives an ordinary user correct alignment and orientation, enhances usability of the assembly. Emblems may be selected from a wide variety including some that are replaceable or allow placing a new one on a prior one. The same frame emblem support can also serve, without the fastener portion, as a separate ornamental item, such as a pendant, that can be coordinated with that on a vehicle.