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An air bag cover assembly is provided including a front panel adapted to overlie an undeployed air bag, an ornamental pad permanently fastened to the front panel within an outer recessed portion, and a membrane-type switch lying behind the rear inner surface of the pad in a switch location area defi

An air bag cover assembly is provided including a front panel adapted to overlie an undeployed air bag, an ornamental pad permanently fastened to the front panel within an outer recessed portion, and a membrane-type switch lying behind the rear inner surface of the pad in a switch location area defined by a plastic top plate and an ornament of the ornamental pad. In a first embodiment, the ornament is a plastic ornament integrally formed with the plastic top plate. In a second embodiment, the ornament is fixedly secured as a separate part to the plastic top plate. In the second embodiment, the plastic top plate is a thermoplastic elastomeric body having a front surface and a rear surface. The body has a plurality of slots extending between the front and rear surfaces at predetermined spaced locations and wherein the ornament is a decorative badge having a plurality of tabs which extend through the corresponding slots, each of the tabs having a bent portion pressing against the rear surface of the elastomeric body so as to create a constant load on the elastomeric body, wherein the elastomeric body exerts an opposing reaction to the constant load thereby allowing the decorative badge to be fixedly secured to the elastomeric body.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An air bag cover assembly comprising:a front panel adapted to overlie an undeployed air bag and having inner and outer surfaces and an outer recessed portion;an ornamental pad having a front outer surface and a rear inner surface, the pad being permanently fastened to the

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An air bag cover assembly comprising:a front panel adapted to overlie an undeployed air bag and having inner and outer surfaces and an outer recessed portion;an ornamental pad having a front outer surface and a rear inner surface, the pad being permanently fastened to the front panel within its outer recessed portion, the pad having a plastic top plate and an ornament permanently joined together at the front outer surface and which together define a switch location area; anda membrane-type switch lying behind the rear inner surface of the pad in the switch location area, the outer recessed portion and the pad forming a hollow compartment for the membrane-type switch in the switch location area, wherein the membrane-type switch is activated by depression of the pad at its front outer surface in the switch location area.