Patent ID: 9404519
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: B60R,F16B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A retainer adapted for disposition within a vehicle roof ditch between a first sidewall and a second sidewall and to hold an elongate molding strip in covering relation to the vehicle roof ditch, the retainer comprising: at least one body portion adapted for disposition within the roof ditch in operative connection to a base portion of the roof ditch, the body portion having a first lateral side, a second lateral side and a length dimension adapted for orientation along a length segment of the roof ditch between the first sidewall and the second sidewall of the roof ditch, the body portion including an arrangement of molding attachment elements adapted to retainingly engage an underside of the elongate molding strip, the body portion further including at least one spring biasing leg disposed at an elevation below the molding attachment elements, the spring biasing leg extending an operative length away from the first lateral side of the body portion for contacting, in a flexing relation, the first sidewall, such that the spring biasing leg continuously urges the body portion away from the first sidewall and towards the second sidewall; an elevated positioning post is disposed along one of the first or the second lateral sides; and at least one stop platform adapted to limit downward movement of the molding strip, wherein the stop platform and the spring biasing leg commonly extend away from a side of the body portion.