Patent ID: 8876151
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: B60R,F16B,F16M

Abstract:
1. A garnish mounting apparatus comprising: a clip for mounting a garnish to a body member at a rack, the rack formed at a back surface of the garnish, the rack including (a) a bottom wall opposing the body member; (b) a first side wall extending in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the garnish and in a width direction of the garnish; and (c) a pair of second side walls extending in the longitudinal direction of the garnish, the clip including: a contact seat plane for contacting the body member; a flange extending parallel to the contact seat plane, the flange configured to contact the bottom wall of the rack; an elastic tether extending from the flange toward the garnish; and an anchor provided at a tip of the tether; wherein a slit is formed at the rack, the tether of the clip extending through the slit formed at the rack; wherein the tether and a slit-defining edge of the rack oppose each other such that the tether and the slit-defining edge of the rack are movable relative to each other in a longitudinal direction of the slit and can be brought into contact with each other in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the slit; and wherein the clip has an engagement span between a slit-penetrating portion of the tether and a portion of the flange contacting with the bottom wall of the rack, in a direction perpendicular to the bottom wall of the rack, for suppressing a rotational play about a longitudinal axis of the garnish between the clip and the garnish.