Patent ID: 8522485

Claim:
A center-channel protector for a vehicle sash door on a vehicle, the center-channel protector being arranged between a main sash and a center channel, the center channel having inner and outer branch portions facing one another in a lateral direction of the vehicle; a middle vertical-wall portion extending in the lateral direction of the vehicle and connecting the inner and outer branch portions so that the inner and outer branch portions and the middle vertical-wall portion define an H-shaped upper end surface; and a bracket fixed to the middle vertical-wall portion, the bracket including an engagement hollow portion formed in the bracket to define a notch recessed inward with respect to the vehicle and facing outwardly with respect to the vehicle and a vertical slide guide formed above and adjacent to the engagement hollow portion, the center-channel protector comprising: a bar-shaped branch covering portion configured to cover an upper-end surface of the outer branch portion of the center channel; a hook extending from the branch covering portion to deflect elastically outward with respect to the vehicle while sliding in contact with the vertical slide guide during mounting on the center channel as the center-channel protector is pressed from above onto the center channel to cover the upper end surface of the outer branch portion of the center channel, the hook further returning elastically and fit into the notch defined by the engagement hollow portion when the branch covering portion is mounted on the center channel, the hook defining a fastening mechanism by which the center channel protector is mechanically fastened to the center channel in collaboration with the notch defined by the engagement hollow portion.