Seat trim deployment cover for side airbag module
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1. In a vehicle seat for attachment of an inflatable airbag from an airbag module secured to a rigid seat frame member and intended for deployment through a finish trim fabric of said seat, the improvement comprising:
- said seat finish trim fabric having a rubber or plastic deployment cover having a periphery non-rupturably secured to said trim fabric at a location of intended deployment of the inflatable airbag, with said deployment cover a tear seam therein.
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A side airbag deployment system having a rubber or plastic deployment cover with a tear seam therein, with the deployment cover being secured in the seat finish trim fabric at a location of the intended path of deployment of an inflatable airbag from an airbag module secured to a rigid seat frame member.
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1. In a vehicle seat for attachment of an inflatable airbag from an airbag module secured to a rigid seat frame member and intended for deployment through a finish trim fabric of said seat, the improvement comprising:
said seat finish trim fabric having a rubber or plastic deployment cover having a periphery non-rupturably secured to said trim fabric at a location of intended deployment of the inflatable airbag, with said deployment cover a tear seam therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A side airbag deployment system comprising:
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a vehicle seat having a seat bottom portion and a seat back portion and a rigid seat frame member internally within said seat back portion;
said seat back portion comprising a foam cushion having an outer fabric front surface and outer fabric side surfaces;an airbag module comprising an inflatable airbag and an inflator for inflating said airbag through a mouth of said airbag secured to said inflator;
said airbag module secured to the rigid seat frame member and oriented for deployment through said foam cushion and one of said outer fabric side surfaces of the seat back portion of the vehicle seat; anda rubber or plastic deployment cover having a periphery non-rupturably secured one of said outer fabric side surfaces at a location in an intended deployment path of the airbag;
said deployment cover defining a tear seam therein. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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