Splash guard

A splash guard or mud flap for attachment to the fender of a vehicle, comprising:

• a flexible, splash-intercepting body portion, and resilient anchoring means for supporting the body portion and adapted to be engaged along the fender of a vehicle for positioning the body portion thereon, said anchoring means having a back wall and a front wall interconnected at one end, the free ends thereof being separable a distance sufficient to enable the anchoring means to be snugly engaged along the fender of a vehicle in a preselected position, said anchoring means including a pin-like member extending outwardly from the front wall thereof for engaging and retaining the body portion on the anchoring means, the front wall of the anchoring means having a plurality of pin-engaging finger means for retaining the pin-like member of the anchoring means in position thereon, said pin-like member being provided with means for securing and maintaining the body portion on the anchoring means.

A splash guard or mud flap for attachment to the fender of a vehicle comprising:

• a flexible, splash-intercepting body portion capable of being flexed to conform to the extend necessary to the curvature of a vehcile fender, and at least two generally U-shaped clip-like members each having a front wall and a back wall adapted to be resiliently engaged along the fender of a vehicle, a pin-like projection carried on the front wall of each of said members for engaging and retaining the body portion on the the clip-like members, said body portion being fabricated of a material capable under modest pressure of being fully penetrated by the pin-like projection of the clip-like members, and fastening means adapted to be engaged on said pin-like projection of the clip-like members for securing and maintaining the body portion on the clip-like members.

Anchoring means for supporting a splash guard or mud flap on the fender of a vehicle, comprising:

• a resilient, generally U-shaped fender engaging member having a front wall and a back wall, and a pin-like projection carried on the front wall of the fender engaging member for supporting and retaining a splash guard or mud flap on the anchoring means, said pin-like projection having means for securing and maintaining a splash guard or mud flap on the anchoring means.