Patent ID: 6805374
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A safety restraint apparatus for protecting occupants of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:a first cushion portion having deflated and inflated configurations, the first cushion portion being adapted to receive gas from a source of pressurized gas; a second cushion portion having deflated and inflated configurations; a first sail portion connected between the first and second cushion portions, the first sail portion being adapted to provide passage of gas from the first cushion portion into the second cushion portion; wherein the first cushion portion is positioned proximate a first lateral surface of the vehicle in the inflated configuration, so as to protect an occupant of a front seat of the vehicle from lateral impact, and the second cushion portion is positioned proximate a second lateral surface of the vehicle in the inflated configuration, so as to protect an occupant of a rear seat of the vehicle from lateral impact, and each of said first and second cushion portions are fabricated separately from the first sail portion; and wherein the first cushion portion comprises a first sail port, a first end of the first sail portion being attached to the first sail port; wherein the first sail portion is fabricated substantially of a material different from that used to substantially fabricate the first and second cushion portions.