Patent ID: 7208213
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: B29C,B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Moulded decorative film having a surface attachable to a foam backing, said film for use in vehicle interiors and having a break line in a predetermined penetration area for permitting deployment of an airbag, said break line predetermined by a cross-sectional weakness, the cross-sectional weakness being a notch commencing at the surface that is attachable to the foam backing and terminating in the material of the decorative film before the side remote from the surface attachable to foam backing, characterised in that the notch at the surface attachable to the foam backing is covered by a welded region of an outer layer of the decorative film consisting of thermoplastic material, wherein the welded region is formed by welding edges surrounding the notch at the surface only.