Patent ID: 7922956
Filing Date: 2011-04-12
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,B60N

Abstract:
1. A method for making a nonlaminated simulated leather cover for overlying an unfinished surface of a vehicle passenger compartment, said method comprising the steps of: providing a mold for forming an exposed obverse side of said nonlaminated simulated leather cover including a raised aesthetic feature in said nonlaminated simulated leather cover; introducing a fluid polymer material into said mold to form said nonlaminated simulated leather cover; molding said raised aesthetic feature along said obverse side of said nonlaminated simulated leather cover from said fluid polymer material contemporaneously with said introduction of said fluid polymer material into said mold and said production of said nonlaminated simulated leather cover, said raised aesthetic feature simulating a sewn seam joining two separate pieces of an authentic leather cover; removing said nonlaminated simulated leather cover from said mold; and adding a thread-stitched seam to said nonlaminated simulated leather cover generally parallel to and adjacent said raised aesthetic feature.