Patent ID: 6942239
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle airbag arrestor mountable about a vehicle steering column carrying a steering wheel containing an inflatable airbag, the airbag arrestor comprising: an enclosure having an open end and a closed end, the enclosure adapted to be mountable over a vehicle steering wheel and vehicle steering column, with the closed end adjacent a vehicle steering wheel; and attachment means, mountable about the enclosure, for substantially non-axially, movably mounting the enclosure over the steering wheel and the steering column of a vehicle, the attachment means including a strap disposed about the enclosure, and connector means for extensibly receiving a free end of the strap therethrough for releasably tightening the strap and the open end of the enclosure about a vehicle steering column by pulling of the free end of the strap away from the connector means, the connector means including a latch movable to and from a first position engaged with the strap, and a biasing member acting on the latch to bias the latch to the first position.