A removable car seat cover for a car seat having an integral side airbag; including a side panel (2) having a predetermined pre-weakened failure zone (3) pretreated by controlled laser ablation of the side panel; wherein the pre-weakened failure (3) zone is located at or adjacent to an airbag deployment area of a car seat when the car seat cover is installed on the car seat and is in the form of an elongate strip extending along the side panel; and wherein the pre-weakened failure zone has a known bursting strength to thereby allow for reliable deployment of the side airbag from the car seat as a result of tearing of the pre- weakened zone when the removable car seat cover is installed thereon.
A removable car seat cover having a predetermined pre-weakened failure zone of a known bursting strength for facilitating reliable airbag deployment
12.04.2018
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60N SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES , Sitze besonders für Fahrzeuge ausgebildet |
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