Patent ID: 8663535

Claim:
A method of making a trim panel for an automobile door including a sunshade, and a trim panel for an automobile door not including a sunshade, from the same molding equipment, the method comprising the steps of: molding a non-sunshade trim panel using a plastic mold apparatus having a hydraulic slide in a retracted position, the first trim panel having a body with first and second ends, a door side surface extending between the first and second ends, and a door upper surface extending away from the door side surface; advancing the hydraulic slide to an extended position for producing a sunshade trim panel; molding a sunshade trim panel using the plastic mold apparatus with the hydraulic slide in the extended position, the sunshade trim panel having a body with first and second ends, a door side surface extending between the first and second ends, and a door upper surface extending away from the door side surface; wherein the door upper panel of the non-sunshade trim panel extends further from the door side surface than does the door upper surface of the sunshade trim panel.