Automobile fender protector formed of synthetic resin

Claim 1

In a fender construction associated with a fender panel of an automobile for protection against splashing of mud or the like, the fender panel being formed with a generally semicircular wheel-receiving opening, a combination comprising: a fender protector of one-piece synthetic resin article, which comprises a protector body which is in the form of an elongate plate curved correspondingly to said generally semicircular wheel-receiving opening of said fender panel and having approximately the same circumferential length as said wheel-receiving opening, a mud guard portion which is generally in the form of a curved plate extending rearwardly and downwardly from the rear end of said protector body, and a fender molding portion which is generally in the form of a vertical wall projecting upwardly from the outboard edge of said projector body over substantially the entire circumferential length of said body, said fender molding portion being formed with a circumferentially extending slot which is generally T-shaped in cross section, said protector body extending inwardly of said fender panel substantially the width of the automobile wheel, means for securing the vertical wall of said fender molding portion to said fender panel and means for securing an inner edge of said protector body to a body member of the automobile; and an ornamental molding which is generally in the form of an elongate plate so shaped as to fit into said T-shaped slot and is lockably received in said slot, said fender protector being arranged and constructed so that when said protector is attached to said fender panel so as to make said protector body lie inboard of said wheel-receiving opening and over the wheel, said fender molding portion covers the outboard side of a generally semicircular portion of said fender panel along said wheel-receiving opening.