Patent ID: 6135517
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A device for fastening bumper fairings to the fenders of a motor vehicle, the device comprising, on each bumper fairing, an inwardly-directed plane top rim and, beneath the front bottom edge of a fender, a housing for said rim, the thickness of the housing being substantially equal to or slightly greater than the thickness of said rim, a window being formed in the rim of the bumper fairing, while a resilient tongue is provided in the thickness of the housing to penetrate into said window when the bumper is in place, thereby retaining the rim in its housing, wherein the tongue has a projection designed to penetrate into the window of the rim, and wherein the projection is provided on its outer side directed towards the outside of the vehicle, with a first chamfer which, during movement of the fairing in translation perpendicular to the travel direction of the vehicle, causes the tongue to retract on engaging the edge of the fairing, and on its front side directed towards the front of the vehicle, with a second chamfer which, during sliding of the fairing towards the rear of the vehicle, causes the tongue to retract on engaging the rim of the fairing.