Patent ID: 8534744

Claim:
A pillar garnishment comprising: a vertical portion for at least partially obscuring a vehicle pillar; a ledge portion joined with the vertical portion and extending from the vertical portion at least partially along a transverse W direction; a scuff engagement feature formed in a low end of the ledge portion, the scuff engagement feature comprising a datum orifice for receiving a scuff plate; a datum feature joined with the ledge portion, the datum feature comprising a ledge projection that extends downward from the ledge portion and a clamping projection joined with the ledge projection that extends upward from the ledge projection of the datum feature, wherein: the clamping projection and the ledge projection are aligned at a datum alignment angle α; the datum alignment angle a is acute; and when the datum feature is engaged with the vehicle pillar, the datum feature aligns the datum orifice of the scuff engagement feature to the vehicle pillar along the W direction.