Convertible dust boot construction and securing means

Claim 1

IN A VEHICLE BODY HAVING A CONVERTIBLE TOP AND A TOP HOUSING WELL OPENING TRANSVERSELY OF THE BODY, A DUST BOOT FOR ENCLOSING THE WELL WHEN THE TOP IS RETRACTED THEREIN AND HAVING AN EDGE PORTION OVERLYING A CORRESPONDING BODY EDGE DEFINING AT LEAST ONE SIDE OF THE WELL OPENING, MEANS ON SAID BODY FORMING TWO VERTICALLY INCLINED SHOULDERS EXTENDING PARALLEL TO SAID BODY EDGE WITH ONE OF SAID SHOULDERS BEING LOCATED ADJACENT SAID BODY EDGE AND THE OTHER OF SAID SHOULDERS BEING SPACED LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OF THE BODY THEREFROM, A PLURALITY OF SPRING CLIPS MOUNTED INWARDLY OF THE OVERLYING EDGE OF THE BOOT AT SPACED INTERVALS AND SAID CLIPS EACH HAVING DEPENDING SPRING ARMS DEFLECTABLE INTO OPPOSED BOOT RETAINING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LATERALLY SPACED VERTICALLY INCLINED SHOULDERS FORMED ON THE BODY, AND SAID CLIPS EACH HAVING A DEPENDING ARM INTERMEDIATE SAID SPRING ARMS AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SHOULDER FORMING MEANS TO LIMIT DEFLECTION OF THE CLIP RELATIVE THERETO.