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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:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jackson Bahm, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Top Source Technologies, Inc., Palm Beach Garden, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B60J / ; B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428172 ; 428192 ; 428213 ; 428284 ; 296214 ; 264167 ; 264241 ; 264257 ; 156212 ; 156213 ; 15624425 ; 52312 ;
Abstract
A trim piece (10) includes a body shape (30) and mold edge (34). A fabric cover (28) covers the body (30). An indent (38) extends along the periphery of the trim piece (10) just below the mold edge (34). A movable die part (56) forces additional fabric (40) into the indent (38) during the mold process. The excess fabric (40) is in tension when the movable die part (56) is retracted but the excess fabric (40) relieves the tension between the indent (38) and the mold edge (34) eliminating the tendency of the fabric cloth (28) to pull back or creep back from the mold edge (34) or the resulting cut line.