Patent ID: 7927050
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An interior part mounting clip for mounting an interior part on a panel member, comprising: a pin portion comprising an external diameter which is less than an internal diameter of a mounting hole formed in a frame-shaped mounting seat formed on the interior part, the pin portion being inserted into and movable in the mounting hole of the frame-shaped mounting seat; a head portion being formed at one end of the pin portion, the head portion engaging with the mounting seat and including: at least three protrusions protruding radially outward of a head flange portion; and an outer frame mounted to be elastically displaceable relative to the pin portion through a plurality of elastic portions extending radially outward from at least part of the pin portion which is positioned among the at least three protrusions, an outer circumference of the outer frame abutting against an inner circumference of the frame-shaped mounting seat and engaging with a circumferential edge of the mounting hole; and a stem portion formed at another end of the pin portion and engaging with an engaging hole formed in the panel member, wherein the elastic portions are protruded radially outward from the head flange portion, and wherein an axial height dimension of the elastic portions is less than an axial height dimension of the head flange portion to form a gap between the side of a head flange which faces the interior part and a side of the elastic portions which face the interior part such that the side of the elastic portions which face the interior part will not contact the interior part.