Patent ID: 8220832
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag system, comprising: an airbag module; a seat covering for the airbag that is configured to cover the airbag, the covering including a seam proximate the airbag; at least one first strip, each of said at least one first strip having at least a portion extending over an expandable side of the airbag; second and third strips, each attached to one of said at least one first strip at a first end, and attached along a length of said seam along a second end, thereby configured to progressively tear a hole or holes along the length of the tear seam when said second and third strips are pulled by said at least one first strip when said at least one first strip is pulled by the force of a deployment of the airbag, thereby facilitating expansion of said airbag past said covering.