Patent ID: 6971176

Claim:
A method for mounting a cover section to a support structure inside a motor vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: a) attaching a receptacle to one of the cover section and the support structure, said receptacle having a front wall defining an opening; b) attaching an engagement member to another one of the cover section and the support structure; c) moving the cover section towards the support structure to align said engagement member with said receptacle, thereby defining a gap between the cover section and the support structure; d) disposing elastic foam, prior to or following step c), to cooperate with at least one of the cover section and the support structure; e) pushing the cover section further towards the support structure to insert said engagement member with loose fit and with play in said receptacle within said opening and behind said front wall thereby decreasing a size of said gap and compressing said elastic foam such that said compressed elastic foam pushes between the cover section and the support structure to clamp said engagement member against said front wall, wherein said compressed elastic foam cooperates only with the cover section and the support structure.