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US 4,062,580 AGranted
Fender trim apparatus for vehicles
OwnerNorvel P. Westinventor
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Abstract
A flanged automotive trim apparatus for attachment to the fender wheel-well of a vehicle so as to replace the vehicle's removable rear wheel-well cover in a more desirable fashion. A device at the top of the trim apparatus engages and locks the vehicle's upper mounting feet. Offset seating rods located at the bottom front and rear portions of the trim apparatus engage and lock the vehicle's lower mounting feet.
Claims8
An automotive trim device which replaces a vehicle's wheel-well covers by installation into the vehicle's wheel-well cover mounting feet, said device comprising:
- a flanged and shaped fender trim apparatus, said apparatus including a continuous inner flange portion positioned behind a fender panel of said vehicle in a position juxtaposed to the interior side of said fender panel proximate to said vehicle's wheel-well opening, said inner flange portion curving behind said fender panel to said juxtaposed position and a substantially thin flat outer exposed flange portion emanating from and substantially normal to said inner flange portion which outlines the perimeter of said fender at said wheel-well opening with an exposed edge projecting substantially proximate to the exterior side of said fender panel;
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- means for mounting said apparatus securely juxtaposed to the fender panels of the vehicle in cooperation with said vehicle's wheel-well cover attachment apparatus thereby providing trim for said vehicle along the inner perimeter of said vehicle's fender wheel-well opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.