Patent ID: 7914046

Claim:
A mud flap for attachment to at least one vehicle wheel well body element making up a vehicle wheel well, the body element terminating in a free downwardly depending edge, the mud flap comprising: a mud flap body having a front face facing in a direction of vehicle travel and a general rear face opposed to the front face, the rear face adapted to be positioned forwardly of a rear surface of a vehicle wheel well; an upstanding tab integrally formed with the mud flap body, the tab having a forward surface substantially parallel to and rearwardly displaced from the general rear face of the mud flap body to define a body element channel therebetween, the tab connected to the mud flap body by at least one sidewall which is positioned at or below the downwardly depending edge of the body element; wherein the mud flap body includes a ledge which projects rearwardly from said general rear face of the mud flap body, an outboard portion of the ledge adapted to conform to an external surface of the vehicle, an inboard portion of the ledge being continuous with the outboard portion thereof and presenting a substantially horizontal upper surface, the tab extending upward from the inboard portion of the ledge, the ledge forming said at least one sidewall connecting the tab to the mud flap body.