Stop in for a cup of coffee

I know yours was bent, but for the purpose of adding support?? They make a beefy looking bracket and then cut it down to half the metal at the center :wtf:
I just decided to over engineer it. I could have purchased a correct replacement but I like the idea of it being better/stronger. Yea, I though the U cut in the center was odd when I first saw it... as in why?!? About the only thing I can even begin to figure is they left it up to the installer to decide what to do there...