Patent ID: 7045206

Claim:
An automobile interior molded panel comprising: a rigid substrate having a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface generally opposed to the first substrate surface; a composite pad supported by the substrate, the pad comprising a non-impregnable layer of an elastomeric material and an impregnable layer adjacent the non-impregnable layer, the impregnable layer including a reticulated foam resin material such that at least a portion of the substrate extends into the impregnable layer and extends adjacent to sides of the impregnable layer, the non-impregnable layer being disposed adjacent the first substrate surface and the non-impregnable layer having a first non-impregnable layer surface facing away from the impregnable layer and the substrate, and a second non-impregnable layer surface generally opposite the first non-impregnable layer surface, the first substrate surface and the first non-impregnable layer surface facing in the same general direction; and a cover skin disposed over and directly bonded to the first substrate surface and the first non-impregnable layer surface of the pad.