Patent ID: 7429958

Claim:
An antenna assembly for installation to a vehicle body wall, the antenna assembly comprising: an antenna base module mountable to the vehicle body wall, the antenna base module including a base, a protective cover coupled to the base, at least one antenna element disposed within an interior enclosure collectively defined by the protective cover and the base, and one or more latching members; an outer cosmetic cover having one or more snap clip members engageable with the one or more latching members when the outer cosmetic cover is positioned generally over the protective cover; the snap clip members and latching members being resiliently flexible and configured for forming a resiliently compliant connection therebetween such that the snap clip members and latching members, when engaged, are movable in response to the abutment of and pressure applied by the lower edge of the outer cosmetic cover against the vehicle body wall; and whereby, in the final installed position of the antenna assembly to the vehicle body wall, the lower edge of the outer cosmetic cover conforms against the vehicle body wall substantially without any gap therebetween.