Patent ID: 8366303

Claim:
An automotive interior lamp assembly adapted to mount to a headliner, the assembly comprising: a lamp housing mounted to the headliner, the headliner having an aperture for receiving the lamp housing, said lamp housing having a lamp receiving side and an outer retainer receiving side, said lamp receiving side configured to accept a lamp, said outer retainer receiving side having one of apertures or hooks; a retainer having the other of apertures or hooks to connect to the outer retainer receiving side of the lamp housing, the retainer extending over the outer retainer receiving side, the hooks interconnecting with the apertures to connect the retainer to the lamp housing; wherein said retainer has a mid-section connected to at least one extended side member, said retainer further including at least one extended side member, the at least one extended side member extending away from the mid-section of the retainer, the headliner having an interior surface and a back surface, the extended side member overlapping the back surface of the headliner.