Patent ID: 8714614

Claim:
An instrument panel comprising: an instrument panel body having a front wall located on an inner side of a vehicle interior, an opening part formed in the front wall; a glove compartment provided on a back side of the opening part in the instrument panel body; a reinforcement including a striker for engaging with an engaging portion of the glove compartment; and a cover panel for covering an upper portion of an article storage part on the back side of the opening part, wherein the cover panel prevents a built-in component inside the instrument panel body from been seen from the vehicle interior when the glove compartment is opened, at least one of a pair of side portions and a lower end portion of the opening part are fixed to a bracket extending from a steering member, the reinforcement is fixed to a back surface of an upper end portion of the opening part, one end portion, on the inner side of the vehicle interior, of the cover panel is fixed to the reinforcement, and an opposite end portion of the cover panel is fixed to the bracket.