Patent ID: 6918566

Claim:
An accessory retaining apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a base fixed in a room; a base inner attached to said base over a linear spring; and a stay provided at an accessory body; said accessory body being retained by attaching said stay provided at said accessory body to said base inner; said linear spring having a pair of linear parts, a U-shaped curved part and U-shaped hairpin parts connecting ends of said linear parts with said U-shaped curved part; said base having a width larger than a width between the linear parts and having a contact surface for receiving said pair of linear parts of said linear spring from a bottom of said base; said base inner having a flange held by said curved part of said linear spring; said linear parts of said linear spring being sliding on a contact surface of said base to be installed at said base; in a case that an impact is applied to said accessory body, said linear spring, said base inner and said accessory body sliding on the contact surface of said base and said accessory body coming off.