Vehicle interior trim assembly

A vehicle interior trim assembly, comprising:

• a mount adapted to be secured to a vehicle body, the mount having an inboard surface that, when the mount is secured to a vehicle, faces an interior of the vehicle, and the mount has at least one opening;
• a trim piece having an inboard surface adapted to face the interior of the vehicle and an outboard surface on an opposite side as the inboard surface of the trim piece, the trim piece including at least one projection extending from the outboard surface in a first direction to a free end, a first guard extending from the outboard surface in the first direction to a location beyond the free end, and a second guard extending from the outboard surface in the first direction to a location beyond the free end, wherein the at least one projection is received within the at least one opening to secure the trim piece to the mount with the outboard surface of the trim piece covering the inboard surface of the mount, and wherein the first guard extends in a second direction that is not parallel to the first direction from a first end of the first guard spaced from the projection in the second direction to a second end of the first guard that is located on the opposite side of the projection as the first end, the second guard extends in the second direction from a first end of the second guard that is spaced from the projection in the second direction to a second end of the second guard that is located on the opposite side of the projection as the first end of the second guard, and the projection is located between the first guard and the second guard and the projection is spaced from both the first guard and the second guard in a third direction that is not parallel to either the first direction or the second direction.

An assembly for a vehicle having a body, comprising:

• a mount adapted to be secured to the vehicle body and having at least one opening;
• a trim piece having an inboard surface adapted to face an interior of the vehicle and an outboard surface on an opposite side as the inboard surface of the trim piece, the trim piece including at least one projection extending from the outboard surface in a first direction to a free end and a guard extending from the outboard surface in the first direction to a location beyond the free end;
• and
• an airbag having a tether adapted to be coupled to the vehicle body and arranged for movement along a junction between the trim piece and the mount, wherein the at least one projection is received within the at least one opening to secure the trim piece to the mount and wherein a first end of the guard is spaced from the projection in a second direction that is not parallel to the first direction and the first end of the guard is spaced from the mount in the first direction defining a lead-in area that includes an open space between a part of the mount and a part of the trim piece that includes the first end of the guard, and wherein the tether extends through the lead-in area between the mount and trim piece.