Patent ID: 8714626
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: B32B,B60N

Abstract:
1. A method of making a vehicle interior component having a decorative covering, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a sheet of covering material having an outer surface; (b) sewing a line of decorative stitching along the outer surface of the covering material; (c) folding the sheet of covering material along a fold line that is parallel with the line of decorative stitching such that first and second portions of the outer surface are in facial contact; (d) sewing a line of functional stitching through the folded sheet of covering material such that the stitching passes through both the first and second portions of the outer surface at a location between the fold line and the line of decorative stitching to form a loop in the covering material; and (e) disposing the sewn covering material over a component substrate; wherein step (b) is performed before step (d) with the sheet of covering material in flat form so that the loop formed in step (d) does not require accommodation by any tooling used during step (b).