Patent ID: 7234888

Claim:
An arrangement anchoring a passenger assist handle having a grip portion to a roof rail of an automotive vehicle, the grip portion including a base portion on each end thereof, each base portion having a hole therethrough; the arrangement comprising: a mounting stud extending through the hole in each base portion, each mounting stud having a shaft of a selected diameter, which shaft has first and second end portions, the first end portion of each shaft having a helix therearound, each helix having a diameter larger than the hole in each base portion; the second end portion of each shaft having a stop element thereon of a diameter larger than the hole in each base portion, the second end portion of each shaft being constructed and arranged to cooperate with a rotating tool for advancing the helix, and a retaining plate portion of the roof rail, the retaining plate portion having holes therethrough with each hole having first and second diameters, the first diameter of each hole being sufficient to permit passage of the shaft of one of the mounting studs therethrough and the second diameter being sufficient to accommodate the diameter of the shaft plus the width of the helix of the mounting stud, wherein when each mounting stud is rotated, each helix is driven through one of the holes in the retaining plate portion unfit the base portion on each end of the grip portion of the passenger assist handle bottoms against the retaining plate portion of the roof rail to positively fix the passenger assist handle to the roof rail.