Vehicle interior lining and method of producing a vehicle interior lining

A vehicle interior lining comprising:

• a carrier part made of a dimensionally stable hard carrier material and
• a foam layer made of a soft foamed material that covers a large portion of an outer surface of said carrier part and that is at least partially connected to said carrier part, said soft foamed material being softer than the material of the carrier part and is not dimensionally stable,
• said carrier part having an opening and said foam layer covering and closing off said opening, and
• a gas bag module that is integrated into said vehicle interior lining and that has a gas bag carrier having a middle plate which is at least partially surrounded by a gas bag receptacle to accommodate a gas bag package, a portion of one of said gas bag receptacle and said carrier part overlying said gas bag package and underlying the soft foam layer,
• one single gas bag layer extending over the middle plate, and
• said gas bag carrier being arranged in such a way that, as seen in a projection, an outer surface of said middle plate lies in a projected area of said opening in said carrier part relative to said receptacle to support the soft foam layer overlying the middle plate.

A vehicle interior lining comprising

• a carrier part made of a hard carrier material and
• a foam layer made of a soft foamed material that covers an outer surface of said carrier part and that is at least partially connected to said carrier part,
• said carrier part having an opening and said foam layer covering and closing off said opening, and comprising
• a gas bag module that is integrated into said vehicle interior lining and that has a gas bag carrier having a middle plate which is at least partially surrounded by a gas bag receptacle to accommodate said gas bag,
• only one single gas bag layer extending over the middle plate, and said gas bag carrier being arranged in such a way that said middle plate lies in a projected area of said opening in said carrier part,
• wherein an outlet opening of said gas bag receptacle is at least partially closed by a rigid means, and
• wherein said means at least partially closes said outlet opening of said gas bag receptacle and is so rigid that it keeps sections of said outlet opening closed, even while the gas bag is unfolding.