Patent ID: 8393058

Claim:
A clip comprising: a flange that is to be brought into abutment with a member having an mounting hole from a front side; and a leg that is provided on one side of the flange to be inserted into the mounting hole, wherein the leg includes: a pillar portion that vertically extends from a center portion of the flange at the one side; a tip portion that is provided at a distal end in an axial direction of the pillar portion; a rib that outwardly extends from the pillar portion in a section perpendicular to the axial direction of the pillar portion, the rib being connected to the flange and the tip portion at ends thereof in the axial direction; and an elastic engagement piece that extends from a protruding end of the rib in a circumferential direction of the pillar portion in the section such that the elastic engagement piece continuously extends from the rib and such that the elastic engagement piece is movable toward and away from the pillar portion wherein the elastic engagement piece is to be engaged with the mounting hole from a rear side, and wherein the elastic engagement piece includes: a rigid portion that is connected to the rib and that is connected to the flange and the tip portion, wherein the rigid portion extends along the axial direction of the pillar portion such that the rigid portion is directly connected to the flange at one end thereof; and a deformable portion that extends from the rigid portion and that is disconnected from the flange and the tip portion, wherein the deformable portion has a swelling portion that outwardly protrudes more than an inner circumference of the mounting hole, wherein the deformable portion includes an inner surface side facing the pillar portion and an outer surface side opposite to the inner surface side, and wherein the deformable portion includes the swelling portion on the outer surface side wherein the swelling portion is formed by increasing a thickness of the deformable portion in the section such that the swelling portion protrudes outwardly.