Patent ID: 7115225

Claim:
A method of making an interior trim part for a vehicle, comprising: providing a mold that defines a mold surface in a mold cavity wherein the mold has a pattern defined by the mold surface that has areas of greater depth and areas of lesser depth; spraying an elastomer material on the mold surface to partially fill the mold cavity wherein the areas of greater depth are filled by spraying to a greater depth than the areas of lesser depth; loading an insert into the mold and onto an upwardly facing surface of the elastomer material with a facing side of the insert facing upwardly and a backing side of the insert contacting the upwardly facing surface of the elastomer material; bonding the backing side of the insert to the upwardly facing surface of the elastomer material; curing the elastomer material to form a composite trim part having areas of a molded surface pattern on the composite part defined by the greater and lesser depth; and removing the composite part from the mold.