Patent ID: 7025524

Claim:
A fastener assembly for retaining a bed liner in a cargo bed, the cargo bed having a bed rail, a lip extending from a terminal end of the bed rail in a direction away from the bed liner in an assembled condition and the bed liner having at least one hole, the fastener assembly comprising; a retaining plate for engaging the bed rail, the retaining plate comprising a one-piece plate including an upper portion, a trough and a lower portion, the upper and lower portions lying on parallel planes, the retaining plate having a length measured in a direction parallel to a length of the bed rail, a width of the upper portion being less than a width of the bed rail, the trough being located between the upper portion and the lower portion, the trough being formed along the entire length of the retaining plate, the trough having an inside surface for engaging the lip on the bed rail; a base member that engages the lower portion of the retaining plate through the bed liner hole; a tie-down member that engages the base member; means for attaching the upper portion of the retaining plate to the bed rail prior to securing the base member to the retaining plate, the means for attaching causing the upper portion of the retaining plate to attach with an inside surface of the bed rail such that the retaining plate is positioned on one side of a plane defined by an outside surface of the bed rail; and means for securing the base member to the lower portion of the retaining plate, the means for securing causing the upper portion of the retaining plate to compress against an upper portion of the base member while the bed rail and the bed liner are located therebetween and causing the lower portion of the retaining plate to compress against a lower portion of the base member while the bed liner wall is located therebetween resulting in the bed liner being secured to the cargo bed.