Vehicle trim panel with integral nibbed armrest

Details Vehicle trim panel with integral nibbed armrest Vehicle trim panel with integral nibbed armrest

2006-09-12

2006-09-12

Pedder, Dennis H. (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Door or window with specified vehicle feature

C296S146700, C296S001090

Reexamination Certificate

active

07104590

ABSTRACT:
A door trim panel for a door frame of a motor vehicle. The door trim panel includes a main body portion adapted to be removably secured to the door frame and a bolster removably secured to the main body portion. The bolster covers an access opening defined in the main body portion. Fastened to the bolster is an armrest that includes a plurality of spaced-apart nibs or projections positioned to contact an integral support surface of the bolster to thereby support the armrest. In certain embodiments of the invention, the bolster may be integral with the main body portion.

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