Patent ID: 7032923

Claim:
An air bag apparatus for a small size vehicle, comprising: a seat for a driver, said seat being provided at a rear portion of a vehicle body; an instrument panel which a driver on said seat can visually observe, said instrument panel being provided at a front portion of said vehicle body; a plurality of air bags which can constrain the driver on said seat from a forward direction, said plurality of air bags being accommodated in a folded state in said instrument panel; a plurality of inflators for inflating said plurality of air bags, respectively, each of said plurality of inflators being located within said instrument panel; and a connection mechanism, said connection mechanism connecting said plurality of air bags to each other, wherein said connection mechanism is for connecting a pair of left and right air bags of said plurality of air bags to each other, said connection mechanism being securely connectable to said vehicle body, said pair of left and right air bags being accommodated in a folded state on opposite left and right sides of said instrument panel.