Patent ID: 6623815
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B29C,B29L,B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A decorative component for use as a piece of trim of a vehicle, the decorative component comprising:a flexible sheet of material having a front face and a back face, said front face being an aspect conferring face, said sheet of material having a periphery; a stiffening means for fixing a shape of said sheet of material relative to a desired shape of the decorative component, said stiffening means comprising a flexible bead affixed to at least a portion of only said periphery of said back face of said sheet of material, said bead being continuous or discontinuous at said periphery, said stiffening means for causing said sheet of material to have a greater rigidity along said periphery than a rigidity interior of said periphery; and at least one block of material secured to a portion of said sheet of material, the block being flexible.