Patent ID: 8425262

Claim:
An attachment structure for attachment of a component to an article, comprising: (a) a pair of guide portions provided on the article, the guide portions extending parallel from one end of the article toward an other end thereof; (b) a slide portion provided in the component and adapted to be slidably positioned between the guide portions; (c) a first locking arm provided in the article and configured to be brought into locking engagement with the component in a state where the slide portion is inserted in a space between the pair of the guide portions from the one end of the article and slides toward the other end of the article, and thereby prevent the component from moving toward the one end of the article; (d) a second locking arm provided in the article and configured to be brought into locking engagement with the component in a state where the slide portion is inserted in the space between the pair of the guide portions from the other end of the article in a posture opposite to that in which the slide portion is inserted between the pair of the guide portions from the one end of the article, and thereby prevent the component from moving toward the other end of the article; and (e) a stopper provided at an end of the slide portion and sized and dimensioned to not enter the space between the pair of the guide portions, the stopper being configured to abut on an end surface of the pair of the guide portions at the one end of the article in a state where the first locking arm is in locking engagement with the component, and thereby prevent the component from moving toward the other end of the article, the stopper also being configured to abut on an end surface of the pair of the guide portions at the other end of the article, in a state where the second locking arm is in locking engagement with the component, and thereby prevent the component from moving toward the one end of the article.