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US 5,628,527 AGranted
Cover/director for air bag
AssigneeMorton International, Inc.
InventorsBrent K. Olson, J. Kirk Storey
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Abstract
An undeployed air bag and inflator are wrapped in a soft cloth package. At the time the air bag is inflated, a seam in the cloth ruptures and a portion of the package unfolds to form a guide for the deploying air bag. The package also includes means to secure it to a portion of a vehicle such as a seat back.
Claims4
A soft air bag package mounted in a vehicle seat back comprising:
- a folded air bag cushion,
- a soft wrapping of cloth or Tyvek paper enclosing said air bag cushion,
- and a weakened seam in said wrapping, said wrapping including a cover portion which encloses said air bag cushion and which overlaps a portion of said wrapping and which extends tangentially to said wrapping when said weakened seam opens for deployment of said air bag cushion whereby said cushion is caused to deploy forwardly in a vehicle along an interior surface of said cover portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.