Patent ID: 7475935

Claim:
Automotive inside door panel of the type comprising: a panel body ( 12 ) which is to be fixed to a door body and which, in the use position, extends in a substantially vertical plane and has an upper edge that is to be adjacent to a window, the panel body ( 12 ) comprising a first fixing device ( 18 ), and an upper fascia ( 14 ) arranged in the vicinity of most of the upper edge of the panel body ( 12 ), the fascia ( 14 ) being accommodated in a cavity ( 16 ) in the panel body which opens on the visible side of the inside panel, both towards the upper edge of the panel body ( 12 ) and towards the inside in the use position in a vehicle, the fascia ( 14 ) comprising a second fixing device ( 20 ), the first and second fixing devices ( 18 , 20 ) being intended to cooperate in order to fix the fascia ( 14 ) to the panel body ( 12 ), characterised in that the first and second fixing devices ( 18 , 20 ) have two cooperating positions in which they fix the fascia ( 14 ) to the panel body ( 12 ), a first position in which the whole edge of the fascia ( 14 ) is virtually in contact with the panel body, both in a plane of the panel body ( 12 ) and in the vicinity of its upper edge, and a second position in which the edge of the fascia ( 14 ) is virtually in contact with the panel body in the plane of that body but is at a distance from the panel body ( 12 ) in the vicinity of the upper edge, so that a slot ( 28 ) is delimited between the edge part of the fascia ( 14 ) close to the upper edge and the upper edge of the panel body ( 12 ).