Patent ID: 7922231

Claim:
In a fuel door and hinge arm combination, wherein the fuel door of said combination is slidably interfaced with respect to the hinge arm, and wherein said fuel door is releasably held in position relative to said hinge arm by a resilient locking tab; an improvement thereto comprises a fuel door locking system comprising: said fuel door having a pin aperture; an abutment of said hinge arm disposed adjacent said pin aperture; and a locking pin adapted for being inserted into said pin aperture with an interfering relationship with respect thereto which impedes said locking pin from being removed from said pin aperture; wherein when said fuel door is slidably interfaced on said hinge arm such that said fuel door is releasably held in position relative to said hinge arm by said resilient locking tab, and further when said locking pin is inserted into said pin aperture, then said abutment interferingly abuts said locking pin to prevent said fuel door from being slid off from said hinge arm irrespective of said resilient locking tab.