Patent ID: 7159914

Claim:
A system to associate a surface of an interior vehicular trim component with a surface adjacent vehicular components, said system comprising: an interior trim component having a surface covering defining an outer surface having a color and a texture; and a second vehicular component having an outer surface, wherein said outer surface of said second vehicular component is adjacent to said outer surface of said interior trim component, wherein said outer surface of said outer surface covering of said interior trim component includes one or both of (a) a color gradient characteristic that transitions the color between first and second different colors, wherein said second color is arranged on a portion of said outer surface that is most proximate to said outer surface of said second vehicular component and is generally the same as a color of a portion of said outer surface of said second vehicular component that is most proximate to said outer surface of said interior trim component, and (b) a texture gradient characteristic that transitions the texture between first and second different textures, wherein said second texture is arranged on a portion of said outer surface that is most proximate to said outer surface of second vehicular component and is generally the same as a texture of a portion of said outer surface of said second vehicular component that is most proximate to said outer surface of said interior trim component.