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Airbag deployment pad

  • US 5,669,662 A
  • Filed: 11/01/1996
  • Issued: 09/23/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an automotive seat having a seat body covered with upholstery joined at a seam and a resilient foam pad housed in said seat body adjacent an airbag module, said seam having a rupturable seam portion for permitting deployment of an airbag from said module, the improvement which comprises:

  • a sheet which is relatively more rigid than said foam pad molded onto an outer surface of said foam pad forming a portion of the foam pad'"'"'s external surface, said relatively rigid sheet defining an airbag opening adjacent said rupturable seam portion to guide therethrough an expanding airbag from said module.

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