Patent ID: 9707921
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle having a seat for receiving the vehicle occupant, the apparatus comprising: an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device inflatable from a stored condition in the vehicle adjacent a reaction surface to a deployed condition between the reaction surface and the vehicle occupant, the protection device comprising: a front portion presented toward the seat having an inflatable volume for receiving a penetrating occupant when the protection device is in the deployed condition; a rear portion connected to the front portion and having an inflatable volume spaced from the front portion by a space, the front portion being positioned between the vehicle occupant and the rear portion when the protection device is in the deployed condition; and a top portion interconnecting the front portion and the rear portion such that the protection device is hook-shaped in the deployed condition, wherein only the top portion connects the front portion to the rear portion; the inflated front portion being movable in a fore-aft direction relative to the rear portion to engage the vehicle occupant regardless of the distance between the reaction surface and the vehicle occupant.