Patent ID: 7690723

Claim:
A vehicle seat with an air bag comprising: a seat back frame; a foam seat back cushion; an air bag assembly mounted upon the frame within a hollow in the cushion and having an inflatable air bag; a trim cover including a front panel and a side panel for covering the cushion and concealing the air bag assembly; said trim cover including a forward vertical extending separable seam located generally forward of the air bag assembly, an upper horizontal extending separable seam located generally above the air bag assembly and intersecting with the vertical extending separable seam, and a lower horizontal extending separable seam located generally below the air bag assembly and intersecting with the vertical extending separable seam; an inner chute panel that focuses the inflating air bag on the forward vertical extending separable seam, the upper horizontal extending separable seam and the lower horizontal extending separable seam so that upon inflation of the air bag assembly the inflating air bag forces the trim cover outwardly causing separation of the separable seams and enabling the air bag to inflate both forwardly through the forward vertical extending separable seam, and simultaneously to inflate downwardly through the lower horizontal extending separable seam and upwardly through the upper horizontal extending separable seam.