Patent ID: 7367610

Claim:
An automotive component adapted for hands-free assembly to an automotive body panel at a desired installed location, the component comprising: a body; at least three fasteners threadingly received in the body, each of the fasteners having a head and a threaded shaft, the head extending outwardly from the body a predetermined distance and adapted to be received through an aperture in the automotive body panel, the head adapted to temporarily hold the automotive component on the automotive body panel before final assembly, the threaded shaft adapted to be driven by a tool which turns the shaft in a direction causing the head to draw toward the automotive body panel; and a locating tab having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape, disposed on the body at a predetermined position, and adapted to couple with a complementary slot having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape, defined in the automotive body panel, when the automotive component is at the desired installed location, thereby aligning the automotive component with the automotive body panel at the desired installed location, wherein the locating tab extends outwardly from the automotive component body, and wherein the complementary slot is adapted to receive the tab.