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1. A retainer adapted for disposition within a vehicle roof ditch between a first sidewall and a second sidewall and to hold an elongate molding strip in covering relation to the vehicle roof ditch, the retainer comprising:
at least one body portion adapted for disposition within the roof ditch in operative connection to a base portion of the roof ditch, the body portion having a length dimension adapted for orientation along a length segment of the roof ditch between a first sidewall and a second sidewall, the body portion including an arrangement of molding attachment elements adapted to retainingly engage an underside of the elongate molding strip, the body portion further including at least one spring biasing leg disposed at an elevation below the molding attachment elements, the spring biasing leg extending an operative length away from one side of the body portion for contacting, in a flexing relation, the first sidewall, such that the spring biasing leg continuously urges the body portion away from the first sidewall and towards the second sidewall. |