Protector for wire harness and wire harness apparatus

A protector for a wire harness, comprising:

• a body portion into which the wire harness is to be inserted;
• a cover body that covers an opening portion of the body portion;
• a joining portion with flexibility that is formed thinner than the body portion and the cover body and rotatably joins the cover body to a first side wall of the body portion;
• a body contact portion provided on the first side wall of the body portion;
• and
• wherein the body portion includes a bottom wall, the first side wall provided extending up from one of two side edges of the bottom wall, and a second side wall provided extending up from another one of the two side edges of the bottom wall, the bottom wall, the first side wall, and the second side wall defining an insertion path through which the wire harness is to be inserted;
• the body contact portion is constituted by a sideward projecting portion that projects from a projecting leading end portion of the first side wall toward the second side wall;
• a first end portion of the cover body is joined to an upper surface of the sideward projecting portion by the joining portion;
• and
• the upper surface of the sideward projecting portion is positioned in the same plane as an upper surface of the cover body when the cover body is rotated about the joining portion to cover the opening portion.