Patent ID: 7267363

Claim:
An air-bag assembly mounted on a seat of a vehicle, the air-bag assembly comprising: an air-bag unit being connected to a mounting member secured to or forming part of a structure of the seat, wherein one of the air-bag unit and the mounting member carries a spring and the other of the air-bag unit and the mounting member carries a plurality of projections, the projections being configured to engage the spring to form a snap connection between the air-bag unit and the mounting member; the air-bag unit includes a first set of locking formations and the mounting member has a second set of locking formations, the locking formations of one of the first or second sets of locking formations being apertures and the locking formations of the other of the first or second sets being projections, the apertures at least partially receiving a respective one of the projections, the spring being mounted to the mounting member or the air-bag unit and extending across the apertures to form the snap connection between the air-bag unit and the mounting member in the region of the apertures; and the projections have a side recess spaced from a free end of the projections to form the snap connection with the spring when the projection is received within a respective one of the apertures.