Patent ID: 7673574
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: B60N,B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for joining pieces of flexible skin, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first piece of flexible skin and a second piece of flexible skin to be joined; treating a non-visible surface of at least one border edge of at least one of the first piece of flexible skin and the second piece of flexible skin to be joined using a leveling treatment to provide a treated edge of the first piece of flexible skin and the second piece of flexible skin to be joined having at least one of a substantially equal thickness and a substantially similar flexibility; joining the first piece of flexible skin and the second piece of flexible skin along a first folded edge formed on the first piece of flexible skin and a second folded edge formed on the second piece of flexible skin, one of the first folded edge and the second folded edge including at least a portion of the treated edge; disposing at least one of a folded back part of the first folded edge against the non-visible surface of the first piece of flexible skin and a folded back part of the second folded edge against the non-visible surface of the second piece of flexible skin; and joining at least one of the folded back part of the first folded edge to the non-visible surface of the first piece of flexible skin and the folded back part of the second folded edge to the non-visible surface of the second piece of flexible skin.