Mudguard for a vehicle

Claim 1

A mudguard assembly for a vehicle comprising: (a) an integral mudguard formed of an elastic material and having an attaching plate with a curved side so that the plate narrows gradually towards one end, the thickness of said attaching plate decreasing in stepwise manner in a direction from the curved side to the side opposite the curved side; a plurality of spaced-apart members protruding from the curved side of said attaching plate; and a mudguard main plate connected to the end of said attaching plate opposite the narrow end, the thickness of said main plate decreasing in stepwise manner from the end connected to the attaching plate to the end opposite the connected end; and (b) a plurality of attaching members for attaching said attaching plate to the body of a vehicle, each of said attaching members having: (1) an attaching body with a generally .].-shaped sectional area and having a groove defined by its side walls, one of its side walls having a threaded opening defined therein, (2) a holding body engageable with the attaching body and having a generally .].-shaped sectional area, one side wall of the holding body being positionable inside the groove defined by the side walls of the attaching body, the other side wall of the holding body having an opening defined therein and being positionable outside of the groove, and (3) a threaded bolt insertable through the openings in the side walls of said attaching body and said holding body for connecting said bodies to each other so that parts of the body of the vehicle and the curved side of said attaching plate are positioned and held between the side walls of said attaching body and said holding body.