Patent ID: 8801243
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
1. A vehicle interior illumination lamp comprising: a function portion and a design portion, when said design portion is fitted into said function portion such that an entire surface of a housing of said design portion, the surface facing the function portion, is housed within said function portion, said design portion and said function portion are combined together through a ceiling plate, and are mounted on said ceiling plate in such a manner that said design portion and said function portion holds said ceiling plate therebetween; a retaining claw provided with said design portion on a side surface thereof; an elastically-deformable operating plate having a retaining portion which is in retaining engagement with said retaining claw formed on said design portion such that an operating projection of the retaining portion extends out and around said retaining claw with respect to a vertical center of said design portion and projects into said housing when said design portion is fitted in said function portion, said elastically-deformable operating plate provided with the function portion, wherein, when said operating projection is pressed from inside the housing of said design portion to be elastically deformed, the retaining engagement of said retaining portion with said retaining claw is released.