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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2008
Melaina Vasko, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Doug Dawe, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Thomas Mally, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Melaina Vasko, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Doug Dawe, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Thomas Mally, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are interior vehicle surfaces having a substrate and a covering having imposed thereon a decorative pattern. The covering is applied to the substrate oriented so that a segment of the decorative pattern forms an angle of less than ninety degrees with a visual reference line. Application of the covering includes determining a visual reference line with respect to the interior vehicle surface to be covered, rotating the covering less than ninety degrees such that a segment of the pattern originally parallel to the visual reference line is now angled with respect to the visual reference line and applying the rotated covering to the interior vehicle surface.