Patent ID: 7459004

Claim:
A mounting structure for an air cleaner for use with a combustion engine, which comprises: an engine cover for covering at least a portion of the combustion engine and having an engine cover body, the engine cover including an air cleaner casing, provided adjacent the engine cover body and having an opening, and an air cleaner cover for covering the opening of the air cleaner casing; a cleaner element removably accommodated within the air cleaner casing; flanges formed in respective joint portions of the air cleaner casing and the air cleaner cover, which are jointed; and a slider movable between a disengagement position and an engagement position in a direction parallel to the joint portions, the slider when moved to the engagement position connecting the flanges of the air cleaner casing and the air cleaner cover together, the slider when moved on the cover body to the disengagement position engaging in its entirety with the engine cover body so as to enable the air cleaner cover to be released from the air cleaner casing.