Patent ID: 8129003

Claim:
An assembly of a vehicle including at least two panels, the assembly comprising: a structural outer roof panel of a vehicle having a non-flat, contoured, passenger-compartment-facing inboard surface; a passenger compartment interior trim panel disposed adjacent the structural outer roof panel of the vehicle and having an outboard surface defining a non-flat topography that matches the non-flat, contoured, passenger-compartment-facing inboard surface of the structural outer roof panel, the passenger compartment interior trim panel comprising: a core layer having inboard and outboard surfaces; a heat formable metalized film layer bonded to the outboard surface of the core layer and defining a non-flat topography that matches the non-flat, contoured, passenger-compartment-facing inboard surface of the structural outer roof panel, the heat formable metalized film layer positioned completely against the passenger-compartment-facing inboard surface of the structural outer roof panel without an air gap between the structural outer roof panel and the passenger compartment interior trim panel; and a decorative layer disposed on the inboard surface of the core layer and exposed to the passenger compartment.