Patent ID: 8562062

Claim:
A mechanism to secure a cover for an opening in a bumper in which an opening cover is secured at a bumper opening, the opening cover being provided over the bumper opening so as to cover the bumper opening, the bumper opening being provided in a bumper so as to expose to an outside a tow hook or a tow-hook-attaching portion to which a tow hook is to be attached, the tow hook or the tow-hook-attaching portion being provided on a vehicle body, the mechanism comprising: a pair of shaft sections configured to pivotally support the opening cover and provided movable toward a one-side end of the opening cover when the one-side end of the opening cover turns about the shaft sections toward an inside with respect to the bumper; and a securing section at which the opening cover is secured so as to close the opening, the securing section comprising: a bumper-side securing portion that is provided on one side with respect to a line passing the shaft sections and extends from an edge of the bumper opening to an inside with respect to the bumper such that the bumper-side securing portion resides farther from the shaft sections than a locus defined by movement of the one-side end of the opening cover turning about the shaft sections toward an inside with respect to the bumper, the bumper-side securing portion having a secured portion; and a cover-side securing piece that is provided on the one-side end of the opening cover so as to engage with the bumper-side securing portion and that has an outside securing projection and an inside securing projection, the outside securing projection engaging with a surface of the secured portion on a side of a design surface of the bumper when the opening cover covers the bumper opening, the inside securing projection being provided on an opposite side of the outside securing projection with respect to the secured portion when the opening cover covers the bumper opening, the secured portion being held between the inside securing projection and the outside securing projection when the opening cover covers the bumper opening, wherein an engaging part at which the secured portion and the outside securing projection engage with each other resides on an outside of the locus defined by the movement of the one-side end of the opening cover.