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A fuel tank cap assembly has a closure, a cover and a skirt. Each of these is an injection-molded component with the cover and skirt having interlocking portions which cooperate to maintain the cap assembled with a portion of the closure secured between the cover and skirt. Also secured between the

A fuel tank cap assembly has a closure, a cover and a skirt. Each of these is an injection-molded component with the cover and skirt having interlocking portions which cooperate to maintain the cap assembled with a portion of the closure secured between the cover and skirt. Also secured between the cover and closure member is a pressure and vacuum valve assembly.

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An improvement in a fuel cap comprising a threaded closure member, a cover member rotatably drivingly connected to said closure member and a skirt member secured to said cover member and being positioned to prevent axial separation of the closure and cover members wherein the improvement comprises;

An improvement in a fuel cap comprising a threaded closure member, a cover member rotatably drivingly connected to said closure member and a skirt member secured to said cover member and being positioned to prevent axial separation of the closure and cover members wherein the improvement comprises; an axially extending portion integral with said cover member, latching tab means extending radially outward from said axially extending portion, each latching tab having an axially facing circumferentially extending latch surface and a pair of circumferentially facing axially extending end surfaces; and said skirt member including a plurality of radial openings adapted to be aligned with said latching tabs and each radial opening having an axially facing circumferentially extending surface mating with the axially facing latch surface on said latching tab and end walls having surfaces which coact with the end surfaces of said latching tabs to prevent relative rotation between said cover and skirt portions.