Patent ID: 9352681
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: B60Q

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for attaching a first vehicle component to a second vehicle component, the apparatus comprising: an attachment bracket including an upright wall having an interior portion and opposing side edges, the upright wall extending along and defining a stiffened axis, and an upper end flange extending angularly from an upper end of the wall; at least one rib spaced a distance inward from the opposing side edges and extending along the interior portion of the wall for supporting the attachment bracket along the stiffened axis; and at least one buckle portion defined by at least one of the wall and the at least one rib about which the at least one rib and the attachment bracket deforms in a direction perpendicular to the stiffened axis, allowing the upright wall to deform at one of the opposing side edges, and thereby allowing the upper end flange to deform in both a downward direction and a laterally outward direction.