Patent ID: 7798566

Claim:
A headliner reinforcement assembly having an elongated body and a clip attachment for ensuring the proper placement of a wire harness at a location above a headliner in a motor vehicle, said headliner reinforcement assembly comprising: a wire harness assembly having a wire harness and a wire harness sheath, said wire harness sheath having an elongated body with an inner cavity and a longitudinal slit, said longitudinal slit dimensioned for said wire harness to be placed within said inner cavity of said elongated body, said wire harness sheath also having a pair of spaced apart clip plates extending from said elongated body and a pair of spaced apart clip bodies separated by a predetermined distance and extending from said spaced apart clip plates in an outwardly direction from said elongated body; and a headliner reinforcement having a top side, said top side having two spaced apart clip attachments spaced apart by said predetermined distance; said pair of spaced apart clip bodies of said wire harness sheath attached to said pair of spaced apart clip attachments of said headliner reinforcement.