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An inflatable safety restraint arrangement is provided which is particularly helpful to protect vehicle occupants from transverse components of crash forces such as are experienced in side impacts. An inflatable cushion (8) in the deflated state is foldled and mounted in a flexible pocket and is fix

An inflatable safety restraint arrangement is provided which is particularly helpful to protect vehicle occupants from transverse components of crash forces such as are experienced in side impacts. An inflatable cushion (8) in the deflated state is foldled and mounted in a flexible pocket and is fixedly attached to Ihe vehicle at at least two spaced positions. The flexible pocket comprises a line of weakness such as a tear seam along which the pocket opens when subjected to forces generated during inflating of the cushion and through which the inflating cushion deploys to a position between the vehicle occupant and the adjacent vehicle surface (e.g. door) in the event of a crash situation being detected. The flexible pocket is preferably fabric though it may be of a plastics material and the tear seam comprises a stitched seam the stitches of which either break or unravel when the airbag cushion is deployed.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.] An inflatable safety restraint arrangement comprising an inflatable cushion dispose proximate a stricture having a tearable seam, including a rip cord attached at one end to a part of the cushion and at an opposite end to a part of the seam, so that as the cushion deploys the rip co

[ I claim:] [1.] An inflatable safety restraint arrangement comprising an inflatable cushion dispose proximate a stricture having a tearable seam, including a rip cord attached at one end to a part of the cushion and at an opposite end to a part of the seam, so that as the cushion deploys the rip cord tears the seam.