Structural flexible panel and movable parcel shelf using the structural flexible panel

A moveable panel system of a vehicle, comprising:

• a tambor door secured to a rear portion of a rear seat of the vehicle, the tambor door comprising a flexible structural panel having a plurality of living hinges located between a plurality of structural regions of the flexible structural panel.

A method of making a flexible structural panel, comprising:

• providing a prefabbed polypropylene (PP) or thermoplastic honeycomb panel with glass fiber or natural fiber composite skins to opposite sides of the prefabbed polypropylene (PP) or thermoplastic honeycomb panel;
• and
• moving the glass fiber or natural fiber composite skins towards each other in discrete separate areas to define living hinge portions via a thermo forming process.

A method of making a flexible structural panel, comprising:

• providing a panel with glass fiber or natural fiber composite skins located on opposite sides of the panel;
• and
• moving the glass fiber or natural fiber composite skins away from each other in discrete separate areas to define structural regions of the flexible structural panel via a forming process.