Patent ID: 6986528

Claim:
An occupant restraining device for a vehicle comprising: a shielding member adapted to be released from a peripheral edge structure of a window of the vehicle so as to shield said window; and a release mechanism for releasing said shielding member, so as to shield said window, wherein said window is ranged in a door of the vehicle, wherein said shielding member and said release mechanism are arranged in said door, wherein said door is provided, at the peripheral edge structure of said window inside the vehicle in a door frame, with a garnish for covering said shielding member, the garnish being attached to the door frame in a manner to allow said shielding member to be released, wherein said garnish is provided, at a vertical portion thereof extending generally vertically on a front side or a rear side of the vehicle in the peripheral edge structure of said window, with an apex portion protruding inward of the vehicle, wherein the apex portion abuts against a weather strip that is arranged on a body of the vehicle, and the apex portion seals a gap between the door and the body when the door is closed, wherein said shielding member includes a vertical housed portion to be housed in a vertical portion of said window peripheral edge structure, and wherein, in the vertical portion of said window peripheral edge structure, the vertical housed portion of said shielding member is housed between a portion of said garnish extending toward the vehicle's exterior and inward of the window from said apex portion and said door frame.