Patent ID: 6838027
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: B29C,B29L

Abstract:
1. A method of making an interior trim panel for a vehicle, said method comprising the steps of: providing a mold having a first half and a second half; providing a trim loading system on the first half; loading a trim blank into the trim loading system; moving a slide having a recess to an extended position on the second half to divide the second half into two sides; extruding a molten first thermoplastic material onto the side of the second half that is opposite the trim blank; closing the mold to bond the first thermoplastic material to the trim blank to form a cavity on the side of the second half not containing the first thermoplastic material and trim blank and disposing a blade on the first half into the recess of the extended slide; moving the slide to a retracted position; and injecting a molten second thermoplastic material into the cavity between the first half and the second half to bond the second thermoplastic material to the first thermoplastic material to form the interior trim panel.