Patent ID: 7841655

Claim:
A motor vehicle seat comprising: a seat pan extending laterally between seat side frame portions and supporting a seat cushion thereon; an airbag housing portion of the seat pan for storing an airbag and having a housing opening through which the airbag is deployed to lift the seat cushion; a peripheral ledge of the seat pan having vertically offset forward and rearward portions thereof each with a generally flat, horizontal configuration, the peripheral ledge extending about the housing opening of the housing portion; an airbag cover disposed over the housing opening; a forward endmost portion of the cover having a flat configuration for seating flush on the ledge forward portion; a rearward endmost portion of the cover having a flat configuration, being vertically offset from the cover forward endmost portion, and extending generally parallel thereto for seating flush on the ledge rearward portion; a raised seat pan portion extending about the peripheral ledge for positioning the cover to seat on the ledge with the cover forward and rearward endmost portions adjacent the raised seat pan portion to restrain shifting of the cover in a fore-and-aft direction on the ledge; and a perimeter groove separating the peripheral ledge and the raised seat pan portion.