Patent ID: 7338072

Claim:
A side door for a vehicle comprising: a folded airbag which inflates upward in response to a side collision of the vehicle; and a cover member disposed above the airbag and covering the airbag, wherein the cover member has a plurality of sections arranged in a fore-aft direction of the vehicle, and said cover member is formed by an upper end portion of a door trim such that said cover member extends from an edge portion of the door trim to a hinge portion of the door trim and is connected to the remaining part of said door trim by said hinge portion; the sections are defined by a first weak portion extending generally straight in the fore-aft direction of the vehicle defining said hinge portion and a plurality of second weak portions extending from the first weak portion generally in a lateral direction of the vehicle; and when the airbag inflates, by means of inflation force of the airbag, the second weak portions rupture and the individual sections rotate about the hinge comprising the first weak portion and open such that a plurality of sections are push-opened by the inflation force of the airbag.