Finishing cover for fasteners

An unitary cover assembly of resilient elastomeric plastic material for selectively hiding an exposed portion of a fastener which fastener also has a shank portion extending between two members for retaining said two members together comprising a flat base portion having an inner and an outer side edge and having opposed ends, said base portion being of fixed width and length, a closure in the form of a cap portion having an inner and an outer side edge and having opposed ends, said cap portion being generally hollow and dome-shaped to define a shell portion arching between said side edges and said opposed ends, a live hinge portion integral with and joining said inner side edge of said base to the inner side edge of said cap for connecting said cap and base portions and permitting pivotal movement between an opened position in which said cap and said base portions are in an angulated side by side relationship and a closed position in which said cap and its edge portions thereof engage corresponding base edges, said base portion having an external bevel on its outer side edge, said outer side edge of said cap portion having an internal beveled surface mateable with the beveled surface on the base portion when in the closed operative position to releasably latch said cap portion to said base portion, said outer side edge of said cap portion being deflected outwardly on movement past the outer side edge of said base portion as the cap portion moves to its fully closed position so that said beveled surfaces thereafter engage one another to releasably latch said cap portion to said base portion.

A one-piece cover assembly of resilient elastomeric plastics material for encapsulating an exposed portion of a fastener assembly which also has a shank portion, both portions for retaining two parts relative to one another comprising:

• a base portion and a cap portion, said base portion having an opening therethrough for receiving the shank portion of said fastener therethrough, each of said base and cap portions having an outer edge and each having an inner edge, said inner edges being adjacent to one another and interconnected by a live hinge integral with both base and cap so that said cap portion can be pivoted relative to said base portion about said live hinge between an opened position in which said cap and base portions are angularity separated from one another and a closed position in which said cap portion is positioned in an overlying relationship to said base portion with said outer edges adjacent to one another, said base portion being substantially flat and said cap being substantially hollow and domed-shaped so as to be capable of fully enclosing the exposed portion of said fastener assembly when said cap member is in the closed position relative to said base portion, and a latch mechanism formed by interlocking mating surfaces of said cap and base portions for releasably connecting and interlocking said cap portion to said base portion when said portions are in said closed position wherein said interlocking mating surfaces are in the form of a pair of elongated beveled edges, one formed on each of said cap and base portions which beveled edges are positioned to engage one another for latching said cap portion to said base portion in a closed operative position but capable of moving apart to unlatch said cap portion from said base portion toward an opened operative position.