Patent ID: 8770662
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. A seat cover for use with a vehicle seat having a side deployed airbag, the seat cover comprising: an upper section comprising a flexible woven fabric material that forms an enclosure and an opening provided in the material; an alignment element attached to the upper section adjacent the opening and including a resilient member set in the alignment element; an elongate side panel coupled to a lateral side of the upper section along an interface; and a frangible seam along a portion of the interface that fails at a force below a force that impedes airbag deployment, the frangible seam including a top stitching of a nylon thread, an underside stitching of a polyester thread, and a stitch length of about 5 mm, the top stitching having a strength greater than the strength of the underside stitching, a ratio of the strength of the top stitching to the strength of the underside stitching being about 7, so that when the side panel is aligned with an expected path of a deploying airbag, and the airbag is deployed, the force of the deploying airbag separates the panel from the upper section along the seam to form a gap and the airbag fully deploys through the gap, wherein the flexible woven fabric material comprises a weave of weft yarn and warp yarn so that the flexible woven fabric material is capable of flexing in any direction.