Chrysler Corporation

Allen Industries, Inc.

Donald E Miller

Eric Stefan Mozer

Lisa Alcini-Mazur

Paula M Rocheleau

James M Wojciechowski

For use in mounting a speaker on a wall member, such as a rear corner pillar, of a vehicle, such as a van, minivan, or station wagon, a molded speaker mounting bracket adapted to being speaker mounted on the pillar. The molded bracket includes speaker receiving segment and three legs extending from the receiving segment for being heat welded onto a surface of the corner pillar. The speaker receiving segment is contoured to include a first square portion, a second frustoconical portion, and a third internal flange portion, with an upwardly converging open front terminating in upper corners positioned a predetermined distance apart, adapted to having a speaker snapped past the upper corners by spreading same and thereafter being securely retained by the first, second and third contoured portions.

Molded bracket for mounting a speaker in a vehicle

Snow mobile support stand

An automobile headliner and method of making same are provided wherein such headliner comprises a substrate defined by a compacted and rigidified fibrous material with the substrate having a peripheral portion which is more highly compacted than the remainder thereof and a decorative sheet is bonded to the substrate to define a single-piece laminate which has a solid cross section throughout and wherein the peripheral portion has an annular enlargement and the decorative sheet covers the enlargement and defines a sheet-covered enlargement which serves as an integral garnish molding for the headliner.

Automobile headliner and method of making same

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Livonia, MI, United States of America

Donald E Miller