Patent ID: 6110580
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: B29B,B29C,B60R,C08J,Y02W,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A trim panel for a vehicle comprising:a substrate layer formed of a fluff combined with a binder reagent and a portion of water, wherein said substrate layer is formed by the steps of combining 80 to 97 parts by weight of said fluff with 20 to 3 parts by weight of said binder reagent and wherein said water portion comprises 2 to 20 parts by weight of the combined weight of said fluff and said binder reagent, then mixing said fluff and said binder reagent and said water portion to form a pre-preg mixture, then forming said pre-preg mixture into a pre-preg sheet, then compression molding at elevated temperature said pre-preg sheet into said trim panel.