Patent ID: 7992915

Claim:
A vehicle interior assembly comprising: a support member within a vehicle interior having a first attachment section, a second attachment section spaced apart from the first attachment section, and a dashboard support bracket; an instrument panel assembly removably attached to the dashboard support bracket; a first component fixedly coupled to the first attachment section of the support member in a predetermined orientation relative to the support member within a first set of prescribed tolerances, the first component having a third attachment section spaced apart from the first attachment section, the first component extending away from the instrument panel assembly; a second component fixedly coupled to the second attachment section of the support member in a predetermined orientation relative to the support member within a second set of prescribed tolerances, the second component having a fourth attachment section spaced apart from the second attachment section and the third attachment section, the second component being at least partially concealed by the instrument panel assembly with the instrument panel assembly attached to the dashboard support bracket; a trim panel having a fifth attachment section and a sixth attachment section spaced apart from one another, the fifth attachment section being configured to fixedly attached to the third attachment section of the first component in a fixed positional orientation relative to the first component, the sixth attachment section being configured to attach to the fourth attachment section of the second component in a predetermined range of orientations in order to compensate for minor alignment variations resulting from the first and second set of tolerances.