Patent ID: 7774867
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: A41D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An airbag jacket for being worn by a vehicle rider, said airbag jacket comprising an airbag body configured to fill with gas and an inflator operatively connected with the airbag body for selectively generating said gas, said airbag body comprising: a flat front piece; and a flat back piece substantially identical to said flat front piece; each of the flat front and back pieces having a through hole formed therein for permitting a user of the airbag jacket to pass the vehicle rider's head therethrough; wherein said flat front piece and said flat back piece are joined together along respective peripheral boundaries thereof, and are also joined together along a peripheral boundary of the through hole, so as to form a plurality of body covering portions comprising at least a back covering portion, a shoulder covering portion and a front covering portion, wherein said body covering portions are integrally connected together to form the airbag body; wherein the shoulder covering portions are configured and arranged to substantially entirely cover the shoulders of a user; and wherein the inflator is disposed in the back covering portion; and during activation thereof, gas from the inflator flows from the back covering portion to the front covering portion via the shoulder covering portion so as to fill the plurality of body covering portions.