Patent ID: 7789419

Claim:
A vehicle seat assembly, comprising: a frame; a seat pad adjacent the frame; a trim cover extending over the seat pad and including a release seam adjacent the seat pad; an air bag assembly mounted on the frame within the trim cover in a spaced relationship from the release seam, the air bag assembly including an inflator and a folded air bag that is inflated by the inflator to unfold and project outwardly from the seat through the release seam of the trim cover; and an air bag guide including a first inner panel, a second inner panel, and an outer panel, each of the panels being made of flexible material and having forward and rearward extremities, the rearward extremity of the first inner panel being secured to the air bag assembly, the forward extremity of the second inner panel being secured to the release seam, the forward extremity of the outer panel being secured to the release seam, and the rearward extremity of the outer panel being secured to the trim cover; and a rigid plastic connector assembly for releasably securing the first and second inner panels to each other adjacent the air bag assembly, the rigid connector comprising at least two releasably connected members, at least one of the connected members having at least one stop for inhibiting relative lateral movement of the connected members.