Patent ID: 8876154

Claim:
A vehicle seat assembly comprising: a trim cover disposed along a lateral side of a seat back; an air bag module disposed in the seat back, the air bag module having an air bag and an inflator adapted to provide an inflation gas to inflate the air bag from a stored condition to an inflated condition; and a back panel module configured to conceal the air bag module, the back panel module having a back panel having a back panel end and a set of mounting features that extend toward the air bag module and a side panel that extends from the back panel end to the trim cover and that has a set of engagement features that are disposed between the back panel and the air bag module, wherein each member of the set of mounting features engages a different member of the set of engagement features to fixedly mount the side panel to the back panel; wherein the back panel and the side panel extend along the lateral side of the seat back and each provide an exterior surface of the back panel module.