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A method for integrally molding a preassembled door within an instrument panel to provide a cover for a safety air cushion device includes the steps of molding the plastic instrument panel about and over the door in situ of a mold cavity and thereafter the step of removing a portion of the instrumen

A method for integrally molding a preassembled door within an instrument panel to provide a cover for a safety air cushion device includes the steps of molding the plastic instrument panel about and over the door in situ of a mold cavity and thereafter the step of removing a portion of the instrument panel which overlies the door to provide an opening therein to expose the door for opening movement with respect to the instrument panel upon deployment of the air cushion device. The invention further includes the resultant structure of an integrally molded door and instrument panel assembly having an opening formed in the instrument panel assembly for both defining a ledge to support the door and to define a path for impacting an air cushion device against the door to cause the door to be lifted from its integrally molded seat relationship on the ledge for further deployment of the air cushion device into the passenger compartment of a vehicle.

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A method for integrally molding a pre-assembled door within a plastic panel of an interior trim product for an automobile wherein the plastic panel has an inboard surface and an outer appearance surface, comprising the steps of: (a) molding said plastic panel about and over said door by providing an

A method for integrally molding a pre-assembled door within a plastic panel of an interior trim product for an automobile wherein the plastic panel has an inboard surface and an outer appearance surface, comprising the steps of: (a) molding said plastic panel about and over said door by providing an assembly of said pre-assembled door in a pocket of an outer skin of said plastic panel and thereafter loading said assembly in a mold cavity, and forming a foamed layer by foaming said layer against an inboard surface of said outer skin, thereby encapsulating an inboard face and sides of said door while leaving an outboard face thereof exposed and form fit with a surrounding outer skin of said plastic panel; and (b) removing a portion of said foamed layer and said outer skin of said plastic panel overlying said door to define an opening therein to expose said inboard face of the door for operation of the door from the inboard surface of the plastic panel.