Patent ID: 8316514

Claim:
A trim clip for a curtain side air bag trim, including a main clip body having a trim securing part and a body securing part connected by a strap-shaped tether of a certain length, said trim securing part being adapted to be connected directly to the body securing part, said trim clip being suitable for holding a curtain side air bag trim that covers and accommodates the curtain side air bag, to a body panel; the body securing part having a leg that is adapted to be inserted into and secured in an attachment hole in the member being attached to; the leg being of a hollow tubular shape; said leg having side surfaces provided with first latching pawls that protrude elastically outward in the radial direction; the first latching pawls exhibit the flexibility to bend, when the leg is inserted into the attachment hole of the member being attached to, from their protruding positions on the outside in the radial direction of the leg; to the hollow part of the leg on the inside in the radial direction thereof; wherein said trim clip includes: a pin that is formed separately from said main clip body and adapted to be inserted into the hollow part of said leg; said pin comprising a head adapted to be connected detachably to the trim securing part, and a rod-shaped part that is adapted to be inserted into the hollow part of said body securing part and has a diametrical dimension sufficient to prevent said first latching pawls from bending toward the inside in the radial direction of the leg; a space being formed in said rod-shaped part, allowing said first latching pawls to bend to the inside in the radial direction of the leg; said space formed in said rod-shaped part being located such that, when the trim securing part is directly connected to the body securing part with said head of said pin attached to said trim securing part, said pin is in a first position whereat said space in said rod-shaped part is able to accommodate said first latching pawls, so that said first latching pawls are not prevented from bending to the inside in the radial direction of the leg; and when the trim securing part is moved in the direction wherein the connection of the trim securing part with the body securing part is separated, said pin is moved together with the movement of the trim securing part in the direction of being retracted from said hollow part of the leg of the body securing part for a predetermined distance, to a second position where the end portion of said rod-shaped part of the pin that has no said space formed therein is opposed to said first latching pawls, preventing the first latching pawls from bending to the inside in the radial direction of the leg; a stopping mechanism being provided between said body securing part and said pin for preventing said pin from being withdrawn beyond said second position from said hollow part of said leg of the body securing part when said trim securing part is subjected to a force which is sufficient to separate the connection between the trim securing part and the body securing part.