Patent ID: 7621591

Claim:
A headliner assembly for covering an inner surface of a motor vehicle roof, said headliner assembly comprising: a plurality of fasteners; a dimensionally stable substrate having an upper surface facing the inner surface of the motor vehicle roof and an opposite bottom surface; and a molded reinforcement fixedly secured to the substrate and having a main wall disposed along the upper surface of the substrate, the molded reinforcement having a plurality of generally box-shaped attachment structures each supporting one of the plurality of fasteners for attaching the headliner assembly to the inner surface of the motor vehicle roof, each attachment structure having: a pair of side walls extending between the main wall and the inner surface of the motor vehicle roof; a top wall extending between the side wails of the attachment structure; and a reinforcing wall extending from the top wall in a direction towards the substrate and traversing a space between the pair of side walls.