Patent ID: 7229095

Claim:
A cover body covering an air bag apparatus, the cover body being integral with an interior panel of a vehicle, the cover body comprising: a covering portion which is formed integrally with an interior panel body, the covering portion having a door portion defined by a tear seam in a back surface of the interior panel body; and a backing portion which is joined to a back of the covering portion including the door portion, wherein the backing portion comprises a reinforcing portion joined to a back surface of the door portion, a surrounding base which is joined to the back surface of the covering portion surrounding the door portion and has an attachment portion, and a hinge portion having an end joined to the reinforcing portion and another end joined to the surrounding base, and wherein the hinge portion is arranged intermittently along an edge portion defined by the reinforcing portion and the surrounding base so that the edge portion has a pair of intermittent edge portions defined by a reinforcing edge portion and a surrounding edge portion, an extending supporting portion being formed at least from one of the reinforcing edge portion and the surrounding edge portion of the intermittent edge portions.