Patent ID: 7249922

Claim:
A jointing member comprising: a grommet; and a pin, wherein the grommet comprises: a flange portion; a leg portion capable of being opened, in which an insertion hole is formed from a center of the flange portion to an inner portion of the leg portion in which a lower end of the leg portion is opened; a plurality of longitudinal slits extending along said leg portion of said grommet to divide said leg portion into a plurality of leg portion pieces; and an engagement portion formed at an inner surface of the leg portion, wherein the pin comprises: a head portion; a shaft portion to be inserted into the insertion hole, in which an engagement surface and a lock surface each engagable with the engagement portion, when said shaft portion is inserted into said insertion hole, are formed on the shaft portion; and a plurality of longitudinal rib walls formed on an outer periphery of said shaft portion, said plurality of rib walls engaging said plurality of slits, and wherein the maximum distance from the flange portion of said grommet to a tip of said leg portion of said grommet is greater than the maximum distance from said head portion of said pin to a tip of said shaft portion of said pin.