Patent ID: 7963586

Claim:
A panel for a vehicle interior, the panel comprising: a relatively non-deformable support defining a first portion of a vehicle interior side of the panel that is to be visible from the vehicle interior side, the support being preformed with at least one shaped recess portion that defines a footprint, the shaped recess portion including a recess at least at one edge region of the shaped recess portion; and a relatively deformable inlay pad defining a second portion of the vehicle interior side of the panel, other than the first portion, and that is constructed separately from the support and that has a size and shape that correspond to the footprint such that the inlay pad itself substantially occupies the footprint of the shaped recess portion, the inlay pad including a foam pad, a decoration layer and an offset, the decoration layer overlying a first surface of the foam pad to be visible from the vehicle interior side, the offset being located below a second surface of the foam pad opposite the first surface, the recess accommodating the offset.