Patent ID: 7731269

Claim:
A door lining attached to an inboard side of an automotive door, said door lining comprising: a door lining main body having a substantially planar shape; and an armrest bulging inwardly out of the door lining main body and elongated in a fore-and-aft direction, the armrest including: an upper wall; an electric component part fitted to the upper wall; a second wall disposed below the upper wall and provided with an opening formed therein, wherein the opening is sufficiently large to allow a user's hand to fit therethrough for permitting access to a lower part of the electric component, whereby the user is able to access the electric component by hand with the armrest in an installed configuration thereof; and a detachable lid fitted on the opening with a substantially horizontal orientation, wherein the lid is formed separately from the second wall of the armrest so as to be completely removable therefrom, in order to provide substantially unobstructed access to the electric component part via the opening when the lid is removed.