Patent ID: 8328259

Claim:
A structure for fixing an end of a trim cover, the trim cover including first and second cover members combined with each other in such a manner that surfaces thereof are lapped one over the other, the structure comprising: a belt-like support plate attached along an end of the first cover member; and an engaging element including a longitudinal base portion and a plurality of tongue-shaped pieces provided along the longitudinal base portion so as to be spaced apart from one another and project laterally from the longitudinal base portion; the engaging element being provided along an end of the second cover member which positionally corresponds to the end of the first cover member when combined with the first cover member, with the longitudinal base portion thereof being attached to the end of the second cover member; the support plate being fixed at both ends thereof and a substantially center portion thereof, through the end of the first cover member, onto a surface of a vehicle interior equipment by fasteners; and the tongue-shaped pieces of the engaging element being engagedly press-fitted through spaces which are defined by regions between the first cover member and the surface of the vehicle interior equipment which are not occupied by the fasteners, whereby the ends of the first and second cover members of the trim cover are fixed onto the surface of the vehicle interior equipment with the tongue-shaped pieces being interposedlv held between the first cover member and the vehicle interior equipment.