Patent ID: 8684428
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A bumper retainer for mounting a bumper cover on a vehicle body, comprising: a retainer unit for mounting the bumper cover so as to be properly accommodated at a predetermined position on the body, and a pin member for mounting the retainer unit on the body, wherein the retainer unit has a securing hook for securing the bumper cover, a vertical wall portion adapted to be mounted on the body, a pin insertion hole provided in the vertical wall portion, and a body mounting leg portion defining a body mounting leg portion leading edge and being provided on a body mounting side of the vertical wall portion so as to surround the pin insertion hole, the body mounting leg portion being integral with the retainer unit, wherein the pin member has a pin portion defining a pin portion leading edge and being inserted into the pin insertion hole, a lever portion for rotating the pin portion around the longitudinal axis thereof between a first position and a second position, and a first flange portion extending outward radially from the longitudinal axis between the pin portion and the lever portion, wherein the pin portion is inserted into the pin insertion hole from a pin insertion side opposite the body mounting side at the first position, and the first flange portion makes contact with the pin insertion side wall surface of the vertical wall portion so the pin portion leading edge is surrounded by the pin insertion hole when the pin portion is inserted into the pin insertion hole, wherein the body mounting leg portion is adapted to be inserted into a mounting hole in the body, and the pin portion is received inside, and wherein the pin portion is received inside at the first position without expanding the body mounting leg, and the body mounting leg portion is expanded at the second position, the body mounting leg portion leading edge being pushed outward from the mounting hole in the body and widened, thereby fastening the retainer unit in the body.