Patent ID: 8099839

Claim:
A clip assembled to an upper surface portion of a pedestal portion provided on one surface of an attachment member and used to attach the attachment member to an attachment receiving member, wherein the pedestal portion formed into a substantially square-bracket-like shape opened downward when seen from a side view comprises a horizontally long cutaway groove portion formed inward from a side surface portion of an upper wall, the attachment member comprises a positioning boss provided in an upright posture on the one surface, the attachment receiving member comprises a first long hole which is penetratively formed along a direction at a substantially right angle relative to a longitudinal direction of the cutaway groove portion and to which the positioning boss is fitted, wherein the clip comprising: a flat plate portion to be brought into contact with an upper surface portion of the upper wall; a boss portion which is extended vertically downward from a bottom surface of the flat plate portion into a width substantially equal to a width of the cutaway groove portion, and is fitted to the cutaway groove portion; a flange portion having a predetermined thickness which is extended from a lower end portion of the boss portion outward to the opposite sides of the cutaway groove portion so as to be brought into contact with a bottom surface portion of the upper wall; a fitting head portion having a substantially square shape when seen from above which is provided in an upright posture on an upper surface of the flat plate portion and is fitted to a second long hole penetratively formed in the attachment receiving member along a direction at a substantially right angle relative to a longitudinal direction of the cutaway groove portion; a pair of elastic locking pieces elastically deformable in an inward direction of the fitting head portion and is provided on opposite side surface portions of the fitting head portion in a longitudinal direction of the cutaway groove portion, and is formed with, at their respective lower end portion, a locking protrusion protruding outward to a predetermined height; and a pair of contact portions extended to a predetermined height upward at a substantially right angle from the opposite edge portions of the flat plate in a direction at substantially right angle relative to a longitudinal direction of the cutaway groove, wherein the positioning boss is fitted to the first long hole penetratively formed in the attachment receiving member, and as the fitting head portion is fitted to the second long hole penetratively formed in the attachment receiving member and the boss portion moves in the cutaway groove portion, the pair of contact portions is brought into contact with the attachment receiving member and the pair of elastic locking pieces is elastically locked with a periphery of each longer side portion of the second long hole.