Patent ID: 7810837

Claim:
An inflatable restraint system for a vehicle having a passenger compartment with an instrument panel at a forward end therein, the inflatable restraint system comprising: a bladder having forward and rearward panel portions, wherein said bladder is operatively attachable to the instrument panel, and configured to transition from a non-expanded state, in which said rearward panel portion is substantially flush with respect to the instrument panel, to an expanded state, in which said rearward panel portion is extended into the passenger compartment distal from the instrument panel; an inflation device in operative communication with said bladder and configured to selectively transition said bladder from said non-expanded state to said expanded state; and at least one trajectory control arm attached at a first end thereof to said bladder, and operatively attachable at a second end thereof to the vehicle, wherein said at least one trajectory control arm is configured to at least partially redirect said bladder along a generally upward path when transitioning from said non-expanded state to said expanded state.