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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1997
Minoru Shibata, Inazawa, JP;
Katsuhiro Katagiri, Kagamigahara, JP;
Akiyoshi Nagano, Aichen-ken, JP;
Hiroki Tsuge, Ichinomiya, JP;
Toshinori Tanase, Gifu-ken, JP;
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
Garnish members according to this invention are installed and fixed to peripheries of a door opening in the interior of a vehicle body. The garnish members have an air bag therein and include elongate garnish bodies disposed in the interior of a vehicle body fixing portions. The fixing portions are hinged to the garnish bodies at a rear side of the garnish bodies and can be fixed to the body. The fixing portions include brackets capable of maintaining folding conditions of the air bag, which brackets can be ruptured when the air bag is inflated.