Abstract: An air bag cover assembly for use in an instrument panel of an automotive vehicle and including a displaceable door structure which lifts clear of the surrounding cover structure at an initial stage of air bag deployment prior to undergoing tethered rotation by one or more extensible tethering elements thereby substantially avoiding contacting relation between the door structure and adjacent portions of the cover structure and reducing stress on the nonmoving components.

Abstract: An instrument panel section connectable to a retainer of a vehicle, the retainer includes locator holes disposed therein. The instrument panel section has a layer of foam and a skin. The foam has a first surface, a second surface, a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The skin has an exterior surface and an interior surface. The interior surface is bonded to the second surface. The skin is wrapped around and bonded to the first and second ends. Connecting protrusions for connecting and aligning the instrument panel section with respect to the retainer extend from the first surface adjacent the first end. The first surface is adhesively bondable to the retainer such that the connecting protrusion is receivable in one of the locator holes.