Patent ID: 8012393

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a multi-shot interior trim component within a mold tool, the method comprising: moving a first mold portion adjacent a second mold portion to define a potential cavity volume; modifying the potential cavity volume to define a first reduced cavity volume; depositing a first material in the first reduced cavity volume; further modifying the potential cavity volume to define a second reduced cavity volume, wherein at least a localized portion of the first deposited material is utilized to define, with the mold tool, the second reduced cavity volume; providing a rib on one of the first and second mold portions; exposing the rib to one of the first and second reduced cavity volumes; depositing a second material in the second reduced cavity volume; and attaching the second deposited material to the first deposited material at least proximate the localized portion of the first deposited material; wherein one of the first and second materials defines a substrate portion having an outboard surface, an inboard surface, and a chute portion extending from the outboard surface, the chute portion defining a chute opening and a radial opening; wherein the other of the first and second materials defines an inflatable restraint door that closes-out the chute opening formed in the substrate portion to define an interior trim component of a vehicle, the inflatable restraint door defining a pre-weakened portion corresponding to the rib of one of the first and second mold portions and a chute liner comprising a radial flange that extends into the radial opening and attaches to the chute portion of the substrate portion; and wherein the localized portion includes the chute portion and the radial opening formed in the chute portion.