Patent ID: 7976764

Claim:
A method for introducing at least one locally limited weakening into a decorative composite, using at least one laser beam, wherein the decorative composite comprises at least one decorative substrate, at least one decorative material and at least one upholstered layer arranged between the decorative substrate and the decorative material, the method comprising: in a first step, forming the weakening after the joining of the decorative composite as a sequence of first blind holes that penetrate the decorative substrate completely leaving unweakened webs between the blind holes; and in a second step, introducing at least one second blind hole that does not penetrate the decorative substrate into at least one web, and wherein forming the first blind holes comprises forming the first blind holes in at least two operations, wherein, in a first operation, the method comprises introducing a plurality of spaced apart preliminary weakenings which do not completely penetrate the decorative substrate into the decorative substrate and, in at least one further operation after the first operation of introducing the plurality of spaced apart preliminary weakenings, introducing at least one subsequent weakening of the decorative composite through the region of each preliminary weakening.