Patent ID: 8821225

Claim:
A vehicle instrument panel comprising: an instrument panel main body that covers a vehicle structural body including an air conditioner device from the vehicle top-bottom direction top side, and is formed with an air conditioning outlet and a defroster outlet; a first panel disposed at the vehicle top-bottom direction bottom side of the instrument panel main body, joined to the instrument panel main body, and formed with a top side wall section that configures a vehicle top-bottom direction top side of an air conditioning duct that communicates an air feed outlet of the air conditioner device with the air conditioning outlet and a first wall section that configures part of a defroster duct that communicates the air feed outlet of the air conditioner device with the defroster outlet; and a second panel disposed at the vehicle top-bottom direction bottom side of the first panel, joined to the instrument panel main body, and formed with a bottom side wall section that configures the air conditioning duct in combination with the top side wall section and a second wall section that configures the defroster duct in combination with the first wall section, wherein: side air conditioning outlets and side defroster outlets are formed in a row in the vehicle top-bottom direction at the two vehicle width direction end sides of the instrument panel main body; and the second panel is formed with side air conditioning ducts that communicate an air feed outlet of the air conditioner device with the respective side air conditioning outlets; side defroster duct upstream sections that configure the upstream side of side defroster ducts that communicate the air feed outlet of the air conditioner device with the respective side defroster outlets; and side defroster duct downstream sections that are in communication with the respective side defroster duct upstream sections and configure the downstream side of the respective side defroster ducts, wherein the side defroster duct downstream sections are integrally formed at the vehicle width direction outside of the side air conditioning ducts with integral hinges being provided between the side air conditioning ducts and the side defroster duct downstream sections, the side defroster duct downstream sections are folded back about the integral hinges so as to be superimposed with the side air conditioning ducts, and, in a vehicle top-bottom direction superimposed state with the side air conditioning ducts, the side defroster duct downstream sections are joined together with the side air conditioning ducts to the back face of the instrument panel main body.