Patent ID: 7367587

Claim:
An instrument panel construction for a vehicle comprising: a receiving portion ( 7 ) provided in a lower portion of an instrument panel ( 2 ) made of synthetic resin to be separable from the instrument panel ( 2 ); and a moving device for separating the receiving portion ( 7 ) from the instrument panel ( 2 ) and moving the receiving portion rapidly toward a seat ( 1 ) positioned rearward when a great impact acts on the vehicle, with an absorbing member ( 8 ) made of plastically deformable metal or reinforced synthetic resin being attached to a back surface of the receiving portion ( 7 ); wherein the absorbing member ( 8 ) includes a plurality of face portions ( 9 ) arranged at predetermined intervals and bend portions ( 10 ) bent to project from the face portions ( 9 ) and interconnecting the adjacent face portions ( 9 ), and wherein the absorbing member ( 8 ) is attached to the back surface of the receiving portion ( 7 ) so that the face portions ( 9 ) contact the back surface of the receiving portion ( 7 ) while the bend portions ( 10 ) project away from the back surface of the receiving portion ( 7 ).