Patent ID: 7398947

Claim:
A method for mounting an audio/video accessory into an opening in a dashboard of a vehicle, the vehicle defining a frontward direction and an opposite rearward direction, said method comprising the steps of: providing a flange having a rearward-facing surface, an opposite engagement surface, and an inner rim defining an entrance of a channel; engaging the dashboard with said engagement surface along a perimeter of the opening; providing at least one wall extending from said engagement surface of said flange and sized to be received in the dashboard opening; providing a plurality of shoulders extending in an inward direction from said at least one wall, said shoulders having respective abutment surfaces facing said engagement surface of said flange, said abutment surfaces being offset from said rearward-facing surface of said flange by a distance of at least 0.25 inch in the frontward direction; inserting the audio/video accessory into said channel through said entrance; and engaging an outer portion of the audio/video accessory with said abutment surfaces during said inserting step to thereby prevent further movement of the audio/video accessory in the frontward direction through said channel.