Patent ID: 7425018

Claim:
An interior panel for covering an air bag module of a vehicle, comprising: a base layer of hard resin, formed with a breakaway portion to form a deployment door for the air bag module; and a surface layer of soft resin overlying the base layer, and forming an interior surface, wherein the base layer includes a first surface on which the surface layer is formed, and a second surface opposite to the first surface of the base layer; the surface layer includes a first surface forming the interior surface and a second surface facing toward the base layer; and the breakaway portion is formed in the second surface of the base layer and designed to break in case of deployment of an air bag of the air bag module, wherein the breakaway portion of the base layer includes a bottomed groove formed in the second surface of the base layer and extends in the second surface of the base layer; and the surface layer includes a raised portion extending away from the second surface of said surface layer and alongside the bottomed groove of the base layer, the raised portion being formed on the second surface of the surface layer, and wherein the first surface of said surface layer is formed continuously without interruptions over an area that overlays the breakaway portion.