Patent ID: 8336932

Claim:
A closure system for a vehicle door opening, the closure system comprising: a striker including a support plate and a striker wire; and a lock including a bolt actuated by a detent pawl and adapted to retain the striker wire, wherein the lock has a first attachment feature separate from the bolt that is configured to releaseably engage a complimentary second attachment feature of the striker, the second attachment feature being separate from the striker wire, and wherein the first attachment feature and the second attachment feature are configured to secure the striker to the lock regardless of a position of the bolt when the lock and the striker are in a pre-installation configuration, and wherein the first attachment feature and the second attachment feature are configured to no longer engage each other when the striker and the lock are in an installed configuration, wherein the striker is fixed to a vehicle bodywork proximate to a vehicle door opening and the lock is fixed to a vehicle door when the striker and the lock are in the installed configuration.