Tether clip and garnish attachment device including the same

A tether clip used for attaching a garnish which houses a curtain airbag to a vehicle body, comprising:

• a seat portion;
• a tether portion that stands on the seat portion;
• an anchor portion that connects to one end portion of the tether portion that is opposite to another end portion thereof that is closer to the seat portion than the one end portion;
• a pair of engagement retention portions that are engaged with a garnish stopper hole of the garnish;
• and
• an independence facilitation structure that is provided between the tether portion and each of the engagement retention portions and that is configured to facilitate movement of the engagement retention portions and movement of the tether portion independent of each other when the tether clip receives load in a first direction that is parallel to the seat portion and is orthogonal to a direction of a line that connects the engagement retention portions provided at both sides of the tether portion and the line is parallel to the seat portion
• the anchor portion is provided, when the engagement retention portions are disengaged from the garnish stopper hole and then the garnish opens halfway, for bringing into engagement with an edge portion of the garnish stopper hole so as to stop further opening movement of the garnish,
• wherein the independence facilitation structure includes (i) a clearance provided between the tether portion and at least an end portion of a corresponding one of the engagement retention portions, or (ii) a link portion that has a fragile portion configured to rupture when the tether clip receives the load, the link portion connecting the tether portion and a corresponding one of the engagement retention portions.