Patent ID: 6547709
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A method of folding an air bag, comprising the steps of:providing an air bag in a substantially square configuration, the air bag having a center; folding four corners of the air bag toward the center of the air bag to place the air bag in a smaller substantially square configuration; folding a resulting left corner of the air bag toward the center of the air bag, wherein the left corner is folded beyond the center of the airbag; folding a resulting right corner of the air bag toward the center of the air bag, wherein the right corner is folded beyond the center of the airbag forming an overlapping tip, the overlapping tip is folded toward the center of the air bag; pinching first side of the lower portion toward second side of the lower portion along with pinching the second side of the lower portion toward the first side of the lower portion, and then fold the lower portion toward the center of the airbag; and pinching first side of the upper portion toward second side of the upper portion along with pinching the second side of the upper portion toward the first side of the upper portion, and then fold the upper portion toward the center of the airbag; wherein the resulting folded airbag has a hexagonal two dimensional shape when viewing a back panel of the folded airbag.