Patent ID: 8650722

Claim:
An assembly for securing an interior member to a vehicle body, said assembly comprising a clip and a fixation member, said fixation member being secured to the vehicle body and adapted to receive said clip, said clip comprising: a substantially hollow clip main unit extending through a mounting hole of the interior member, the clip main unit having a distal end portion adapted to be fixedly pressed into the fixation member on a vehicle body side, and having a base portion in which an opening is formed; and a main unit support member that is capable of supporting the clip main unit from an inside thereof when the main unit support member is completely inserted into the opening of the clip main unit, wherein the clip main unit and the main unit support member cooperate to provide a clip linking device, said clip linking device allows the clip main unit and the main unit support member to be in an engagement state in which the clip main unit and the main unit support member are engaged with each other so as to restrict relative displacement between the clip main unit and the main unit support member in both an insertion direction and an opposite, withdrawal direction when the main unit support member is half-inserted into the clip main unit and the main unit support member is in a first rotary orientation relative to the clip main unit, and wherein, upon rotation of said main unit support member from the first rotary orientation into a second rotary orientation relative to the clip main unit, the main unit support member and the clip main unit are released from the engagement state and the main unit support member may be moved in the withdrawal direction and in the insertion direction so as to permit withdrawal of the main unit support member from the clip main unit or full-insertion of the main unit support member into the clip main unit, said second rotary orientation being different than said first rotary orientation.