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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2006
Joseph P. Wieczorek, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Timothy Owen Hamlin, Warren, MI (US);
William Bredo Berghoff, Brighton, MI (US);
Joseph P. Wieczorek, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Timothy Owen Hamlin, Warren, MI (US);
William Bredo Berghoff, Brighton, MI (US);
Irvin Automotive Products, Inc., Pontiac, MI (US);
Abstract
A seam for use in a seat of a vehicle having a side airbag that deploys through a cover of the vehicle seat. The seam including a first material and a second material joined to the first material. A monofilament member used to join the first material to the second material. The monofilament member will allow for quicker and easier tearing of the seam thus allowing for more complete and quicker deployment of the airbag through the vehicle seat cover to protect the occupant from contact with interior surfaces of a vehicle.