Patent ID: 7673896

Claim:
A vehicle interior panel functioning as an airbag cover for covering an airbag expanding direction of an airbag apparatus, the vehicle interior panel comprising: a base member layer having a tearing portion which defines a door portion opened by the expanding of an airbag of the airbag apparatus; a cushion layer laminated on the base member layer and having no cuts or grooves extending entirely through its thickness; and a skin member laminated on the cushion layer, the skin member having an outer surface that has no cut or groove and having a weak portion extending toward the outer surface from the cushion layer and functioning as a tearing portion of the skin member, the weak portion comprising a cut or groove formed on an inner surface of the skin layer, and formed outside of a position just above the tearing portion of the base member layer, wherein the weak portion comprises a tearing portion opened only by the expanding of the airbag of the airbag apparatus.