Patent ID: 8430375

Claim:
A foam filling member for forming foam to fill up a space of a structure, which comprises a foam sheet formed from foamable material to foam by heating to be a foam and formed in sheet form, and a fixing member for fixing the foam sheet in the space of the structure, wherein the foam sheet is formed in a looped shape so that an overlapped portion, where portions of the foam sheet are overlapped with each other in a thickness direction thereof, is formed, wherein the fixing member comprises a retaining portion for holding the overlapped portion in sandwich relation in a thickness direction of the foam sheet to retain the foam sheet, and a fixing portion for fixing the foam sheet in the structure, the fixing member being a member independent from the foam sheet, and formed from a rigid resin, and wherein the retaining portion comprises a base portion, a side wall which projects from the base portion, and a top wall which extends from an upper portion of the side wall so as to confront the base portion at a spaced interval, and a free end of the base portion and a free end of the top wall define a receiving opening for receiving the overlapped portion of the foam sheet, such that the overlapped portion of the foam sheet is received in the receiving opening to be held by the retaining portion in a sandwich relation between the base portion and the top wall.