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Interior wall panel for a motor vehicle

  • US 7,963,586 B2
  • Filed: 08/08/2006
  • Issued: 06/21/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A panel for a vehicle interior, the panel comprising:

  • a relatively non-deformable support defining a first portion of a vehicle interior side of the panel that is to be visible from the vehicle interior side, the support being preformed with at least one shaped recess portion that defines a footprint, the shaped recess portion including a recess at least at one edge region of the shaped recess portion; and

    a relatively deformable inlay pad defining a second portion of the vehicle interior side of the panel, other than the first portion, and that is constructed separately from the support and that has a size and shape that correspond to the footprint such that the inlay pad itself substantially occupies the footprint of the shaped recess portion, the inlay pad including a foam pad, a decoration layer and an offset, the decoration layer overlying a first surface of the foam pad to be visible from the vehicle interior side, the offset being located below a second surface of the foam pad opposite the first surface, the recess accommodating the offset.

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