Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Dashboards
Patent
1984-08-14
1987-05-26
Reeves, Robert B.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Dashboards
180 90, 280752, 98 204, B60H 100, B60S 158
Patent
active
046680047
ABSTRACT:
An instrument panel construction includes an instrument panel main body and a padding having a pad with a skin thereon. The main body and the padding are formed with openings mating with each other for receiving a finisher, such as a side defroster grille. The padding has a reduced thickness portion around the opening thereof. The reduced thickness portion is slotted to expose the instrument panel main body. The finisher includes latch devices which engage with edge defining the opening of the instrument panel main body. A plurality of abutment ribs extend between said instrument panel main body via the slotted portions and said finisher.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1524145 (1925-01-01), Mitchell
patent: 3864889 (1975-02-01), Hobbs
patent: 4456640 (1984-06-01), Nishihara
Okuyama Hiroo
Tsunoda Katsuya
Nissan Motor Co,. Ltd.
Reeves Robert B.
Stormer Russell D.
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