Patent ID: 7669895

Claim:
A knee-bag to be inflated in front of an occupant leg, comprising: a first member facing the occupant, a second member facing the first member and connected to the first member to form the knee-bag, a uniform width portion formed at an upper portion of the knee-bag when inflated, and a narrow width portion formed at a lower portion of the knee-bag and extending downwardly from the uniform width portion to have a width gradually decreased, a first tether forming an uppermost tether and provided at a boundary between the uniform width portion and the narrow width portion or within 70 mm higher than the boundary in the knee-bag for connecting the first member and the second member, said first tether extending in a lateral direction of the knee-bag and having end portions in a thickness direction of the knee-bag where the first tether is connected to the first and second members, and lateral ends in the lateral direction, at least one of the lateral ends having a portion between the end portions, which is located inwardly in the lateral direction to form extra airflow space so that air-flow spaces are formed between a left lateral end of the first tether and a left side of the knee-bag and between a right lateral end of the first tether and a right side of the knee-bag, and a second tether provided in the narrow width portion to be spaced from the first tether.