Patent ID: 7681939

Claim:
An armrest assembly for a vehicle door, the vehicle door having an inner door panel, the inner door panel having an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface, the armrest assembly comprising: an armrest panel mounted to the inner wall surface of the inner door panel, the armrest panel having a proximal end, the proximal end being spaced apart from the inner door panel to define a cavity; and a flexible skin made of a sheet of flexible material, and wherein one end of the flexible skin is attached to the proximal end of the armrest panel and the other end of the flexible skin is attached to the inner door panel, and wherein the flexible skin extends across the opening of the cavity along a generally horizontal place so as to be in communication with the opening of the cavity, and wherein the flexible skin extends along a generally horizontal plane over the cavity so as to form a support surface for supporting the load of a passenger's arm.