Patent ID: 7281486

Claim:
A marine windshield and boat cockpit cover attachment system comprising: an elongated windshield frame longitudinally extending around the edge of said windshield, and where said windshield frame has at least a top length and a bottom length, where said bottom length is mountable to a boat deck; said windshield frame having a forward and outward oriented slot longitudinally extending along said windshield frame, where said slot accepts a series plurality of rotatable cover snap anchors; said slot includes inward facing lips on both opposing edges of said slot, where said rotatable cover snap anchors are inserted thereinbetween said slot inward facing lips; said rotatable anchors having a central hole for accepting a threaded screw therein; said screw fastens a male cover snap retainer; said rotatable anchors includes a pair of apposing outward protruding extensions; where said protruding extensions are rotated thereunder said slot inward facing lips, by friction of said screw threads against said anchor central hole, when tightening said screw where said male cover snap retainer is fastened onto outer edges of said lips, thereby securing said snap retainers in outward orientation along said windshield frame; where, said rotatable anchor is plastic and said screw is metal, where said screw metal makes no contact with said windshield frame; and wherein, said protruding extensions are rotated away from under said slot inward facing lips, by friction of said screw threads against said anchor central hole, when un-tightening said screw for removal of said rotatable anchor.