Patent ID: 7350852

Claim:
An inflatable interior panel for a passenger vehicle, comprising: a non-inflatable section; and an inflatable section partially surrounding the non-inflatable section and fluidically isolated therefrom wherein the non-inflatable section and the inflatable section are part of a single blow-molded component including a shutoff section between the non-inflatable section and the inflatable section to prevent pressurization of the non-inflatable section, the inflatable section having a U-shaped central peripheral portion adjacent the non-Inflatable section, including: a base wall including a slack material section enabling inflation of the inflatable section; and an inboard wall connected to the base wall to define an Interior of the inflatable section, such that when the interior is pressurized the inboard wall is moved away from the base wall to an extended position with respect to the non-inflatable section, and the non-inflatable section is not significantly displaced into the passenger compartment of the vehicle so as to impact an occupant.