Slide lock attachment system

An attachment system that connects an object to a vehicle pillar, the attachment system comprising:

• a front extrusion connectable to one side of the vehicle pillar, the front extrusion including a connecting member;
• a mating extrusion connectable to an opposite side of the vehicle pillar and to the front extrusion, the mating extrusion including a coupling member cooperable with the connecting member of the front extrusion, wherein the front extrusion and the mating extrusion are connectable completely around the vehicle pillar;
• a pocket machined into one of the front extrusion and the mating extrusion;
• and
• a latch coupled with the other of the front extrusion and the mating extrusion,
• wherein the front extrusion and the mating extrusion are connectable in an unlocked position and a locked position, wherein in the unlocked position, the connecting member is engaged with the coupling member with the latch displaced from the pocket, and in the locked position, the connecting member is engaged with the coupling member with the latch in alignment and engaged with the pocket.

A method for connecting an attachment system to a vehicle pillar, the method comprising:

• securing a front extrusion to one side of the vehicle pillar;
• connecting a mating extrusion to an opposite side of the vehicle pillar and to the front extrusion with the vehicle pillar interposed between the front extrusion and the mating extrusion, the front extrusion and the mating extrusion being connected in an unlocked position;
• and
• sliding the mating extrusion relative to the front extrusion into a locked position wherein a latch coupled with one of the front extrusion and the mating extrusion engages a pocket machined into the other of the front extrusion and the mating extrusion.