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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
Tsutomu Matsuzaki, Tochigi, JP;
Hiroshi Ohara, Tochigi, JP;
Tsutomu Matsuzaki, Tochigi, JP;
Hiroshi Ohara, Tochigi, JP;
TS Tech Co., Ltd., Asaka-shi, Saitama, JP;
Abstract
A trim cover having overlapped first and second cover members is fixed to a vehicle surface by a structure which includes a belt-like support plate attached along an end of the first cover member, and an engaging element. The engaging element has a longitudinal base portion and spaced tongue-shaped pieces projecting laterally therefrom. The engaging element extends along an end of the second cover member which positionally corresponds to the end of the first cover member. Fasteners fix the support plate, at both ends and a center portion thereof, through the end of the first cover member, to a surface of a vehicle. The tongue-shaped pieces of the engaging element are press-fitted through spaces in regions between the first cover member and the surface which are not occupied by the fasteners.