Patent ID: 7900953

Claim:
A fastener system for use with an air bag, comprising: a fastener including a rounded base having rounded ends extending from a flat portion, and first and second arms oriented transverse to the flat portion; a first set of vehicle panel engagement devices connected to the fastener proximate to the rounded base wherein the flat portion of the rounded base defines an elongated aperture and includes a transverse edge face partially defining the elongated aperture a second set of vehicle panel engagement devices connected to the fastener spatially separated from both the first set of vehicle panel engagement devices and the rounded base; and a vehicle component having a dog-house homogenously connected thereto, the dog-house includes a plurality of walls defining a cavity, the plurality of walls includes a floor, and an engagement tooth projects from the floor of the cavity, the rounded base adapted to be slidably received within a dog-house cavity and the engagement tooth is adapted to contact the edge face to engaged with the dog-house to releasably connect the fastener to the vehicle component, the vehicle component adapted to be displaceable upon deployment of an air bag from a first engagement position having the first set of engagement devices engaged with a vehicle body panel to a second engagement position having the second set of vehicle panel engagement devices engaged with the vehicle body panel.