Patent ID: 8205923

Claim:
A ditch molding and molding clip for filling a ditch in a motor vehicle roof, comprising: a molding having a head with left and right wings that lap onto the roof on opposite sides of the ditch, a stem depending from the head, and an enlarged foot at the lower end of the stem; and a molding clip having a base mounted in the ditch, and left and right trap arms and left and right biasing arms extending upwardly from the base to engage with the foot of the molding; said left and right biasing arms have thereon wedge faces that engage with the foot to urge the foot downwardly into the ditch and establish an installed position of the molding, and said left and right biasing arms yielding away from each other upon an upward movement of the foot to permit the upward movement; and said left and right trap arms having trap ends overlying the foot in spaced relation therefrom when the molding is in the installed position until the upward movement of the foot causes the foot to engage with the trap ends of the trap arms so that the trap arms then trap the foot against further upward movement.