Patent ID: 7384091

Claim:
A vehicle door, comprising: a door panel member having an outer panel, the outer panel having a concave portion which receives a user's hand for handling a handle member for opening and closing the door from outside the vehicle; the handle member which is provided outside the outer panel and extends to cross the concave portion; and a base member fixed on an internal surface of the outer panel and supporting end portions of the handle member on both sides of the concave portion, the base member being formed to have a shape of detouring around the concave portion and enabling the one end to communicate with the other end of the concave portion, wherein a thickness of the base member, fixed on the internal surface of the outer panel, in a thickness direction of the door panel member is smaller than a depth of the concave portion, such that the base member is arranged closer to the side of a body portion which is located around the concave portion than a deepest portion of the concave portion.