Patent ID: 8500158

Claim:
A motor vehicle dashboard body provided with an opening closed by a flap, both the opening and the flap being defined by an outline that is generally rectangular, the flap being suitable for opening so as to allow an airbag to be deployed, wherein said motor vehicle dashboard body is further provided with one or more linear ties fastened to one face of the dashboard body and to one face of the flap, in such manner that a segment of the one or more linear ties straddles a portion of the outline that extends transversely relative to the vehicle on which the dashboard is to be mounted, in order to constitute or reinforce a hinge via which the flap is hinged to the dashboard body, and wherein another segment of the one or more linear ties straddles a lateral portion of the outline, said lateral portion extending longitudinally relative to the vehicle on which the dashboard is to be mounted, said another segment being slack at the lateral portion of the outline that it straddles so as to constitute a retaining linear tie limiting the amplitude of opening of the flap.