Patent ID: 7695064

Claim:
A vehicle seat with an air bag comprising: a seat back frame; a foam seat back cushion; an air bag assembly mounted upon the frame within a hollow in the cushion and having a lower edge and an inflatable air bag; a trim cover for covering the cushion and concealing the air bag assembly; said trim cover including generally a side panel and a front panel that join to one another at a vertical extending separable seam, said side panel having a lower portion and an upper portion that join one another at a horizontal extending separable seam adjacent the lower edge of the air bag assembly; so that upon inflation of the air bag the inflating air bag forces the side panel outwardly causing separation of both of the separable seams and enabling the air bag to inflate both forwardly through the vertical extending separable seam, and simultaneously to inflate downwardly through the horizontal extending separable seam between the upper portion and the lower portion of the side panel.