Enclosure panel for tractor

A latch on a cover panel for an opening in which the panel overlaps the edge portion of a wall structure forming said opening, and said panel has an inwardly extending flange generally normal to a surface of the cover panel, comprising:

• A U-shaped channel with one long leg with a free end portion behind the wall structure and one short leg with a free end adjacent the flange, said legs having a pair of aligned openings, and said long leg having an internally threaded part at its opening;
• a headed stud extending through the panel and said openings and having a shank threadedly received in the internal threads, said stud being positioned in said panel so that when latched the long leg is behind said edge portion and said channel is restricted in movement by said free end of said short leg contacting said flange.

A side shield for a vehicle having inwardly extending flanges at its upper and lower edges, said lower flange having openings therein for receiving upwardly projecting tabs on the vehicle for securing the lower portion of the panel on the vehicle;

• at least one U-shaped channel with one long and one short leg with the longer of said legs adapted for seating behind a part of said vehicle and the shorter of said legs being positioned alongside the panel and adjacent the upper flange, said legs having horizontally aligned openings therein and internal threads coaxially positioned with the opening in said longer leg;
• a threaded stud having a head end positioned outboard of said panel and a threaded shank extending through the panel and said aligned openings and into said threads and when tightened and loosened to move said long and said short legs toward and away from one another, respectively, and said short leg having an upper edge with a rounded corner to permit said corner to move past the upper flange and for other portions of said leg upper edge to engage the upper flange as said stud is tightened.