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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald E Miller, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Allen Industries, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296214 ; 296 / ; 428157 ;
Abstract
An automobile headliner and method of making same are provided wherein such headliner comprises a substrate defined by a compacted and rigidified fibrous material with the substrate having a peripheral portion which is more highly compacted than the remainder thereof and a decorative sheet is bonded to the substrate to define a single-piece laminate which has a solid cross section throughout and wherein the peripheral portion has an annular enlargement and the decorative sheet covers the enlargement and defines a sheet-covered enlargement which serves as an integral garnish molding for the headliner.