Patent ID: 6050636
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
A seat for a vehicle, said seat including a seat back that includes upholstery covered by a flexible cover, the seat back having a front face adapted to support the back of a user and two lateral edges surrounding said front face, said seat back further including at least one safety device including an inflatable bag adapted to inflate its bag and to deploy it laterally relative to the user if the vehicle sustains a predetermined impact, the safety device being disposed in a substantially rigid casing having a lateral wall and a front face that is adapted to open and to free a passage for the back of the safety device to exit through when said bag inflates, said exit passage being delimited between two edges that are part of the casing and that are normally adjacent, and said casing being integrated into the upholstery on one lateral edge of the seat back, wherein the cover covers the casing and includes a slot delimited by first and second adjacent edges which are part of the cover and which are disposed in corresponding relationship to the two edges of the exit passage in the front wall of the casing, the two edges of the slot being directly and rigidly fixed to the casing on respective opposite sides of said exit passage, the slot extending longitudinally between two ends and the two edges of the slot being substantially free of mutual binding between said two ends.