Patent ID: 6214157
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B29C,B29L,B60R

Abstract:
A trim component comprising:a substrate with a valley therein,a first cover sheet adhesively bonded by mutual hot-melt adhesion onto a first surface area of said substrate, anda second cover sheet that is different from said first cover sheet and that is adhesively bonded by mutual hot-melt adhesion onto a second surface area of said substrate,wherein:said first and second surface areas border each other along said valley,said first and second cover sheets respectively have first and second bordering edges that extend into and border each other along said valley,said first and second bordering edges are not spliced to each other and have not been pre-spliced to each other and have not been overlapped with each other,said valley of said substrate is pinched closed with said first and second bordering edges butting together edge-to-edge therein,no additional adhesive is provided between said cover sheets and said substrate for adhesively bonding said cover sheets onto said substrate, andsaid substrate comprises natural plant fibers and a hot-meltable synthetic.