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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Manfred Fritsch, Highland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Magna Interior Systems, Inc., Aurora, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/406 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/406 ;
Abstract
A process for making a padded armrest on an interior door panel of an automotive vehicle includes the step of conforming an outer cover to a contoured surface of a mold. A blocking device is then placed against a portion of an inside surface of the outer cover and a rigid substrate if formed against the inside of the outer cover and about the blocking device providing a support structure for the outer cover. The blocking device is then removed from the outer cover and mold to form a cavity in the substrate defined by a portion of the outer cover. A resilient foam pad is inserted or formed within the cavity to provide local padded support to the outer cover.