Patent ID: 7036875

Claim:
A method of installing an undercover on a plurality of studs projecting from a floor panel of a vehicle at a plurality of positions, comprising: providing an undercover with a plurality of holes corresponding to the studs, each hole having a diameter substantially greater than the diameter of the corresponding stud; providing a plurality of tubular fasteners for receiving corresponding studs, each fastener having a pair of flanges; attaching each fastener to the undercover in a corresponding hole with the flanges of the fastener engaging opposite sides of the undercover and with clearance between the fastener and the periphery of the hole, to clamp the undercover between the flanges with a predetermined clamping force but to permit the undercover to move relative to the fastener in a direction along the undercover; and inserting the studs into the corresponding fasteners and attaching the fasteners to the studs.