Patent ID: 7083844

Claim:
Combination comprising a plastic automotive part and a clip house member connected to said part, said clip house being adapted to provide a mounting attachment to secure said automotive part to a corresponding mounting member of an automotive structural part and to support a load bearing force thereon; A) said plastic automotive part comprising (i) a substantially planar load bearing top show surface spanning between a first end portion and a second end portion of said part, said first end portion adapted for positioning proximate said mounting member; (ii) a convex side show surface extending angularly away from said second end portion of said load bearing top show surface toward said mounting member; (iii) a ribbed juncture joining said second end of said planar load bearing top show surface and said convex side show surface at a location spaced from said mounting member and in underlying juxtaposition to said load bearing top show surface; B) said clip house comprising (i) a first support member connected to said ribbed junction and (ii) a second support member adjacent to and supportably underlying said first end portion of said substantially planar load bearing top show surface; (iii) whereby upon application of a load bearing force upon said substantially planar load bearing top show surface, said ribbed junction (A)(iii) provides a fulcrum for flexing of said top show surface (A)(i) and said convex side surface (A)(ii) around an axis extending along said ribbed juncture (A)(iii).