Patent ID: 8613994

Claim:
A thermoplastic foil which is applied, in a form-imparting processing step, to a support corresponding to a component shape so as to cause said thermoplastic foil to receive said component shape, the thermoplastic foil comprising: a lower side facing toward said support and said foil being configured as a foamed foil on said lower side; an outer cover layer defining a surface; said surface being an embossed three-dimensional structured surface; said outer cover layer being configured as a foamed layer; and, said outer cover layer having a foam density varying over a layer thickness thereof and increasing toward said surface wherein said thermoplastic foil comprises a thermoplastic olefin or a polyolefin mixture, and wherein said foam density of said cover layer, in advance of embossment, lies in a range of 250 g/l to 400 g/l.