Patent ID: 6877798

Claim:
A structure to mount a roof molding to a vehicle, wherein the roof molding is mounted in a mounting groove defined in a joint area between a roof panel and a side structure, wherein said mounting groove comprises a first rising wall extending vertically downwards from a side edge of one of a roof panel body and the side structure, a second rising wall extending downwards from a side edge of the other of the roof panel body and the side structure obliquely relative to the first rising wall, wherein a lower end of the second rising wall is spaced apart further from said first rising wall than an upper end of the second rising wall is spaced apart from an upper end of the first rising wall, and a bottom wall which connects the lower ends of said first and second rising walls to each other, wherein said roof molding is a single piece component comprising a lid that covers the mounting groove, a base portion that extends downward from a lower surface of said lid and has a notch defined in a side opposed to said first rising wall, and a pair of lips extending laterally from a lower end of said base portion and resiliently abutting against said first and second rising walls, wherein the other of said roof panel body and said side structure comprises a step which said lid of the roof molding abuts against.