Patent ID: 7540534

Claim:
An airbag for being deployed toward a vehicle occupant, the airbag comprising: a first lateral airbag section for being inflated along one side of the vehicle occupant; a second lateral airbag section for being inflated along the other side of the vehicle occupant; lower facing portions of the first and second lateral airbag sections; a gap between the inflated first and second lateral airbag sections adjacent the vehicle occupant; and a lower connector for interconnecting the lower facing portions of the first and second lateral airbag sections, wherein the first and second lateral airbag sections each have opposite sides with the opposite sides of at least one of the airbag sections having different vertical heights, the airbag sections each have one side facing one side of the other airbag section, and the differing height sides of the one airbag section include the facing side being shorter than the opposite side, and the opposite sides of the one airbag section are each formed by respective panels with the panels having the same height prior to airbag assembly, and the panel of the shorter facing side having a pinched and sewn intermediate height portion thereof to reduce the height thereof.