Patent ID: 7219921

Claim:
A guide mechanism for a curtain airbag for guiding a longitudinal end of the curtain airbag, the curtain airbag configured to be able to deploy downward along a side of an interior of a vehicle, the guide mechanism comprising: a guide member for the curtain airbag, configured to be vertically mounted to a pillar of the vehicle and configured to guide the airbag over a length of the guide member; and a pillar garnish configured to be mounted to the pillar and to cover the guide member, wherein the guide member and pillar garnish are configured to be mounted to the pillar so that a shortest distance between the guide member along said length and an interior surface of the pillar is less than or equal to a shortest distance between a side of the pillar garnish and said interior surface of the pillar, wherein longitudinal edges of the pillar garnish remain stationary during deployment of the curtain airbag.