Skirt locks for recreational vehicles

A method of fastening an RV skirt to an exterior wall of an RV body, the method comprising:

• securing a rear side of a skirt lock body to the exterior wall of the RV, wherein the skirt lock body comprises the rear side, a front side, and a resilient securement slot between the rear side and front-side of the skirt lock body, wherein the resilient securement slot comprises a securement surface;
• securing an upper portion of the RV skirt within the resilient securement slot by sliding the upper portion of the RV skirt into the resilient securement slot in contact with the securement surface;
• and
• fastening the skirt lock and the RV skirt to the exterior wall of the RV using a plurality of fasteners.

A skirt lock comprising a front side, a rear side, a resilient securement slot, and a fastener-receiving skirt lock tail, wherein:

• the resilient securement slot is positioned between the front side and the rear side of the skirt lock along a skirt locking plane;
• the resilient securement slot comprises an upper closed end, and a lower open end for receiving an upper portion of an RV skirt and a securement surface positioned along the skirt locking plane;
• the securement surface comprises opposing surface portions on opposite sides of the resilient securement slot and defines a dynamic coefficient of friction, relative to an RV skirt moving into the skirt lock slot, that is significantly lower than a static coefficient of friction relative to an RV skirt at rest in the resilient securement skirt lock slot;
• the front side of the skirt lock extends downwardly from a sealing edge to a drip edge of the skirt lock;
• and
• the rear side of the skirt lock extends downwardly along a direction of the skirt locking plane below the open end of the resilient securement slot and the drip edge of the skirt lock to form the fastener-receiving skirt lock tail.