Patent ID: 8550417

Claim:
A support hook retention system adapted for disposition in embedded relation within a vehicle headliner, the retention system comprising: a connection bracket including at least one outwardly projecting snap-fit connector adapted to lockingly engage a support structure at a position behind the headliner, the connection bracket having an acceptance opening facing outwardly away from the support structure, the acceptance opening defining an entranceway to an interior containment cavity; and a hook module including a forward portion adapted for disposition in front of the headliner and a rear portion of reduced diameter relative to the forward portion, the rear portion being adapted for mating insertion through an opening in the headliner and into the containment cavity, the hook module including a hook element held in pivoting relation to a backing structure, wherein the backing structure includes at least one rearwardly projecting snap-fit male connector adapted to lockingly engage a ledge surface at the connection bracket rearward of the acceptance opening, and wherein the hook module further includes a shroud adapted for disposition at least partially about the hook element, the shroud including a rearwardly projecting latching post adapted for staged insertion through a pass-through opening in a backing plate at the backing structure, the latching post including a pattern of outwardly extending raised surfaces such that the latching post is insertable through the pass-through opening between a first latched condition wherein the backing plate is held in place at a first distance from the shroud to at least a second latched condition wherein the backing plate is held in place at a second distance closer to the shroud.