Patent ID: 8141938

Claim:
A formed article for a vehicle body structural member in which a pair of leg wall portions are extended to one side of thickness direction of a top wall portion from respective edge portions with respect to width direction of the top wall portion, characterized by comprising: a first gradually varying portion that is provided in the top wall portion between two end portions with respect to a longitudinal direction of the top wall portion and is continuously extended from one end side to another end side in the longitudinal direction of the top wall portion so that the first gradually varying portion is curved around an axis extending in the width direction of the top wall portion and so that width of the top wall portion varies; and a second gradually varying portion that is provided in at least one of the pair of leg wall portions according to a location in which the first gradually varying portion is provided in the top wall portion, and is continuously extended from the one end side to the other end side in the longitudinal direction of the top wall portion, wherein a sum of the width of the top wall portion in the first gradually varying portion and width of the pair of the leg wall portions in the second gradually varying portion is constant or hardly varies along the longitudinal direction of the top wall portion, wherein a shape of a gradually-varying-portion ridge that is a sharp boundary between the first gradually varying portion and the second gradually varying portion is made substantially the same both in a plan view that is viewed along the thickness direction of the top wall portion and in a side view that is viewed along the width direction of the top wall portion.