Patent ID: 8807895

Claim:
A fastener housing for receiving a fastener to secure a fender panel to a bumper, the fender panel having a fender flange having an aperture and a distal edge spaced apart from said aperture, said bumper having a bumper flange having a shaped aperture, said fastener housing comprising: a shank portion having a first end and an opposite second end, a throughbore extends from said first end to said second end in a first direction, said shank portion having a widened cross sectional shape; a skirt portion extending radially from said first end of said shank portion, said skirt portion having a first surface and an opposite second surface, said first surface and said second surface extending parallel; a collar extending outwardly from said first surface of said skirt portion, said collar at least partially surrounds said throughbore, said collar extending coaxial with said throughbore of said shank portion, and said collar extending obliquely to said first surface and said second surface; and an arm portion having a first portion and a second portion, said first portion of said arm portion extending generally coplanar with said skirt portion along a second direction, said first portion of said arm portion having a proximate end and a distal end, said proximate end connected to said skirt portion and said second portion of said arm portion extending generally normal from said distal end of said first portion of said arm portion, said skirt portion and said first portion of said arm portion are disposed at an angled orientation relative to said throughbore such that said first direction and said second direction form an oblique angle; said second portion of said arm portion extends beyond the distal edge of the fender flange to properly orient said fastener housing with respect to said fender panel upon insertion of said shank portion within the aperture of the fender flange.