Patent ID: 9145101
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag garnish to be secured to a vehicle having an aperture and an airbag, the garnish comprising: a cover, a tether attached to the cover, the tether including a flexible securing portion received in the vehicle aperture; and the flexible securing portion includes a plurality of extensions, the extensions starting at a distal end of the tether and extending back towards the cover to give a generally arrow like shape to the tether and flexible securing portions, the extensions each having an end; the end of each extension movable from a first position to a second position, the ends of the extensions being further apart in the second position than the first position; wherein the flexible securing portion deforms with the ends of the extensions moving from the first position to the second position in response to an airbag deployment allowing deployment of the airbag and maintaining attachment of the cover to the vehicle aperture.