| US 7,578,526 B2 | ||
| releasable pliant non-marring mud flap | ||
| Jason Jaeger, 295 S. Hewitt Rd., Ypsilanti, Mich. 48197 (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 21, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/164,386. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/631720, filed on Nov. 30, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0036948 A1, Feb. 15, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B62D 25/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 280—848 [280/154; 280/847] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A mud flap for attachment to a vehicle fender, said mud flap comprising:
a panel member having a top mounting edge, and
a malleable engagement channel attached at the top mounting edge and adapted to be contoured to the shape of and frictionally
and releasably engage a fender flange of the vehicle fender, said frictional and releasable engagement securing the mud flap
to the vehicle fender, said malleable engagement channel comprising an intermediate malleable channel sandwiched between an
interior gripping surface and an exterior surface,
said mud flap being devoid of mechanical fastening elements that may damage a finish of the vehicle fender.
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