Fastening of a Fabric Cover to Surfaces of a Vehicle

An apparatus comprising:

• a body having a portion thereon to be covered;
• a plurality of body surfaces arranged around said portion;
• a fabric cover for engaging over the portion and having edge portions for engaging respective ones of the body surfaces;
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• a plurality of fastening elements for fastening the edge portions to the respective body surfaces;
• each fastening element comprising:
• a female cap member attached to a respective fabric edge portion;
• a unitary male stud member having a flexible base portion and a projecting portion integral therewith, a peripheral rim of the projecting portion standing upwardly from the base portion and being engageable into the cap member as a readily releasable and reengageable snap fastener and a bottom surface of the flexible base portion opposite the projecting portion following a curvature of the respective body surface;
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• a layer of adhesive having one surface adhesively fastened to the flexible attachment member and an opposed surface fastened to the respective body surface;
• wherein at least one of the respective body surfaces is non-planar and at least some of the bottom surface of the flexible base portion on said one of the respective body surfaces is deformed to conform thereto.

A kit of parts for attachment of a cover to a vehicle comprising:

• a fabric cover for engaging over a portion of the vehicle and having edge portions for engaging respective vehicle surfaces;
• a plurality of fastening elements for fastening the edge portions to the respective vehicle surfaces;
• each fastening element comprising:
• a female cap member attached to a respective fabric edge portion;
• a plurality of male fastening elements, each comprising a unitary male stud member having a flexible base portion and a projecting portion integral therewith, a peripheral rim of the projecting portion standing upwardly from the base portion and being engageable into the cap member as a readily releasable and reengageable snap fastener, a bottom surface of the flexible base opposite the projection portion being deformable relative to the projecting portion;
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• a layer of adhesive having one surface adhesively fastened to the flexible attachment member and an opposed surface and an opposed surface covered by a removable covering layer and exposable by removal of the covering later for fastening to the respective vehicle surface.