Patent ID: 8814201

Claim:
A knee airbag assembly that is operable to restrain at least one leg of an occupant of a vehicle comprising: an inflator; a housing; and an airbag that moves between a stowed state and a deployed state, the inflator operable to selectively inflate the airbag to move the airbag from the stowed state to the deployed state, the airbag being housed within the housing in the stowed state, the airbag extending from the housing in the deployed state, the airbag defining a package width when in the stowed state, the airbag defining a deployed width when in a fully deployed state, a ratio of the package width to the deployed width being between approximately 0.8 and 1.0, wherein the airbag includes a tethered region and at least one side region that is untethered, the at least one side region being folded over the tethered region when in the stowed position, the at least one side region being unfolded from the tethered region when in the fully deployed position to partially define the fully deployed width.