Patent ID: 7731226

Claim:
A vehicle seat side air bag assembly, comprising: a resilient bolster for mounting at a vehicle seat side location and including a frame for mounting the bolster and a foam pad supported by the frame; a trim cover that extends over the foam pad and includes a release seam; an air bag module mounted by the bolster and including an inflator and an air bag that is inflated for deployment by the inflator; and an air bag guide having at least one flexible panel that extends on opposite sides of the air bag module and has a first panel outer extremity including a first connection to the bolster at a location toward the trim cover from the air bag module and spaced from the release seam of the trim cover, and the at least one flexible panel having a second panel outer extremity including a second connection to the trim cover at its release seam in a spaced relationship from the first connection of the first panel outer extremity to the bolster.