Patent ID: 8465089

Claim:
A rocker molding for attachment to a rocker panel of a vehicle, the rocker molding comprising: a rocker garnish having an arcuate cross section; a garnish shelf extending from an upper edge of the rocker garnish such that the garnish shelf is substantially perpendicular to the upper edge of the rocker garnish; a riser portion extending from an inboard edge of the garnish shelf in a substantially vertical direction; and a cap shelf extending from a top edge of the riser portion in an inboard direction, wherein, when the rocker molding is installed on the rocker panel of the vehicle: the garnish shelf extends from the rocker panel in an outboard direction; the riser portion is substantially flush with a skin of a vehicle door when the door is in a closed position; and a bottom edge of the vehicle door is spaced apart from the garnish shelf by at least a height H of the riser portion.