Fastener assembly for securing a windshield on a vehicle body

A fastener assembly for temporarily securing a windshield when mounting the windshield on a vehicle body, comprising:

• a first fastener half having first attaching means on one surface thereof for securely attaching said first fastener half to an upper edge of an internal flange of a windshield frame of the vehicle body, and first engagement means on another surface thereof;
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• a second fastener half having second attaching means on one surface thereof for securely attaching said second fastener half to an Upper peripheral edge of the windshield, and a second engagement means provided on another surface thereof and adapted to be readily engaged and disengaged with and from said first engagement means;
• said first fastener half being provided with locating means for preventing lateral movement of said first fastener half along a peripheral edge of the internal flange;
• wherein said fastener halves includes means for preventing downward shifting of said second fastener half with respect to first fastener half when said first and second engagement means are engaged;
• said first attaching means comprises a metallic clip including a resilient clamp piece which clamps the internal flange between said resilient clamp piece and a main part of said fastener half;
• wherein said metallic clip is provided with a barb which opposes a movement of said metallic clip directed across a peripheral edge of the internal flange;
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• wherein said locating means includes a notch formed in the internal flange and having a pair of slanted side edges so that said metallic clip may be positioned centrally into the notch, guided by said slanted side edges, as said metallic clip is fitted onto a peripheral edge of a part of the internal flange situated in the notch.