Patent ID: 7165371

Claim:
An automobile molding provided with a molding main body which has a design face, which will face the outside, and a reverse face, which will face the car body side, when the molding is attached to a car body; a fastener holder which is formed to said reverse face of said molding main body; and a fastener which is held in place by said fastener holder to fasten said molding main body to the car body; wherein: said fastener holder is provided with at least two lateral walls projecting up from said reverse face of said molding main body to form sides of said fastener holder, excluding an opening maintained on one side of said fastener holder, a fastener mounting seat that connects the lateral walls, defining a housing space which will permit a base plate of said fastener to be inserted, and engage-and-stop portions formed in said lateral walls that are adjacent said opening; said fastener is provided with an engaging portion which projects upright from said base plate and is configured to engage in a mounting hole in the car body, and a pair of extending elastic pieces having protruding portions, wherein said elastic pieces extend from the base plate and engage with said fastener holder to secure said fastener thereto, the projecting ends of said elastic pieces being free; and an insertion groove is formed in said fastener mounting seat of said fastener holder, the end of said engaging portion which projects out from said base plate being inserted into this insertion groove and this insertion groove being formed to communicate with the aforementioned opening of said fastener holder; wherein the protruding portions that project out from said elastic pieces can engage with said engage-and-stop portions of said fastener in a releasable manner from inside said housing space.