Patent ID: 7361293

Claim:
A method for producing a trim article for a vehicle, the method comprising forming a carrier with a first portion that is gas permeable and foam impermeable and a second portion that is gas impermeable and foam impermeable; providing a sheet to a first mold section; introducing a foam material to the first mold section; introducing the carrier to the first mold section; providing a space between the sheet and the carrier by pressing together a portion of the sheet and the carrier; influencing the propagation of the foam according to locations of the first portion and the second portion on the carrier, and the pressed together portion of the sheet and the carrier, wherein forming the carrier comprises providing an intrinsically gas permeable unprocessed part and compressing the first portion to a state of being gas permeable and foam impermeable and compressing the second portion to a state of being gas impermeable and foam impermeable.