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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:
Nov. 05, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael J Gallagher, Hampton, NH (US);
Lawrence R Nichols, Dover, NH (US);
Assignee:
Davidson Textron, Inc., Dover, NH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428152 ; 428 33 ; 428 31 ; 428192 ; 428 58 ; 428 60 ; 428 61 ; 428 71 ; 428119 ; 428129 ; 428139 ; 428141 ; 428151 ; 428158 ; 428159 ; 428160 ; 428195 ; 4283044 ; 4283144 ; 428904 ; 296 70 ;
Abstract
An instrument trim panel (12) includes a shell (14) made from a flexible plastic material. A textured section (18) is circumscribed by a simulated seam (20). A closed cell plastic block (28) is press fitted behind the textured section. An air pocket (26) is interposed between the block and textured section. A rigid substrate (22) is molded and cured behind the shell (14) and block (28). The air pocket allows the textured section to be deformed to simulate the appearance and feel of a leather applique.