Patent ID: 6866293

Claim:
A head protecting airbag device comprising: an airbag folded and housed above the upper edge of a window on the interior side of a vehicle and extending above a pillar portion adjacent to said window, wherein said airbag is constructed to expand downward when it admits inflating gas, thereby to cover the vehicular interior sides of said window and a pillar garnish of a synthetic resin arranged on the vehicular interior side of an inner panel of said pillar portion, wherein a guide member is vertically arranged near one longitudinal edge of said inner panel so that its vehicular interior side is covered by the edge portion of said pillar garnish, wherein a flexible connection member slidably connected to said guide member is connected to said airbag, wherein said connection member is connected to said airbag at a portion to the front or the rear of the front or rear edge portion of said pillar garnish toward the center of said window, and wherein said connection member can push and open an edge portion of said pillar garnish toward the vehicular interior side as it slides downward along said guide member when said airbag expands and inflates.