Patent ID: 7243472

Claim:
A decorative trim piece including a carrying element of plastic and a decorative plate of thin metal fastened thereon, to decorate the interior, in land vehicles, aircraft or watercraft, predominantly for use as dashboard elements, center console or as door trim strips, characterized in that the thin metal decorative plate ( 2 ) is united with the carrying element ( 6 ), an injection molding compound being injection molded within an injection mold directly onto the back of the decorative plate ( 2 ), so that both elements are connected to one another at least in partial areas so solidly that they form a sturdy, finished unit, wherein punch-outs or recesses ( 7 ) are formed in the surface of the decorative plate ( 2 ), through which the plastic material of the carrying element ( 6 ) takes hold; the injection molded plastic carrying element ( 6 ) having side legs ( 10 ); the injection molded plastic carrying element ( 6 ) having an upper carrying plate ( 9 ), the side legs ( 10 ) being integral with the upper carrying plate ( 9 ), and the side legs ( 10 ) resting in a form-fitting manner against corresponding legs ( 8 ) of the decorative metal plate ( 2 ); and wherein the side legs ( 10 ) have outwardly facing projections ( 11 ) which hook under respective corresponding legs ( 8 ) of the decorative metal plate ( 2 ) from underneath along the entire circumference thereof, thereby providing a face-end adhesion to the decorative plate.