Patent ID: 8176863

Claim:
A method for sewing a seat cover to provide a front panel and a side panel with a continuous L-shaped separable seam for air bag deployment comprising: sewing the front panel and the side panel together with a continuous separable seam, with a vertical extending section and a horizontal extending section, that will break upon the air bag deployment to allow inflation of the air bag; providing an inner chute to guide the deploying air bag to the continuous separable seam, said inner chute being made of a material that is less stretchable than the material of the trim cover and offering a smooth low friction surface to allow the low friction passage of the air bag against a foam cushion; and, prior to the sewing together of the front panel and the side panel, sewing together the front panel and the inner chute with permanent vertical extending and horizontal extending seams that will not break during air bag deployment.