Patent ID: 7669889

Claim:
An air bag chute apparatus for directing the deployment of an air bag from an air bag housing mounted on a seat frame and hidden in a seat cushion for deployment through a separable seam sewn between inboard and outboard seat cover panels comprising: an air bag housing being generally box shaped with a base wall mounted on the seat frame and rear front, and end walls extending from the base wall and a cover wall and wherein at least one wall is mounted on the seat frame and at least one wall defines an opening through which the air bag deploys upon inflation thereof; an inboard chute panel that has an inner end attached to the air bag housing and an outer end attached to the inboard seat cover panel adjacent the seam; an outboard chute panel that has an inner end attached to the air bag housing and an outer end attached to the outboard seat cover panel adjacent to the seam; said attachment of the inner ends of the inboard ends of the inboard and outboard chutes to the air bag housing being on the walls of the housing with the inner ends spaced from one another, and the inboard chute panel having the inner end captured between the housing base wall and the seat frame and attached thereto by an air bag assembly stud, and the outboard chute having its inner end attached to a different wall of the housing that is not bolted to the seat frame.