Patent ID: 8875597

Claim:
A steering wheel having: a rim with an armature substantially encapsulated by a foam covering, the foam covering including a major foam member and a separate minor foam member contacting the major foam member, the major foam member having a profile in radial cross-section effective to cover the armature, the profile including a gap in the major foam member adjacent the armature, the gap having a maximum cross-sectional width not exceeding a cross-sectional width of the armature and being substantially filled by said minor foam member, the gap radially extending to an outer circumferential surface of the major foam member and at least partially disposed between the armature and the outer circumferential surface, the gap defined by a continuous inner circumferential wall having a pair of spaced apart surfaces in facing relation to one another, the pair of spaced apart surfaces connected by an inner curved surface of the major foam member, an entirety of the inner curved surface directly contacting the armature, the pair of spaced apart surfaces extend beyond said armature and define said gap therebetween.