Patent ID: 7547039

Claim:
An airbag apparatus in combination with a motorcycle to which the airbag apparatus is mounted, the combination comprising: a body of the motorcycle; an airbag; an inflator for supplying inflation gas to the airbag for airbag deployment; a retainer assembly mounted to the motorcycle body and being configured for housing the airbag therein to prior airbag deployment; a tether secured to the motorcycle body; an unobstructed opening in the retainer assembly sized for the tether to extend therethrough; a portion of the tether in the retainer assembly connected to the airbag so that the tether extends through the unobstructed opening to be secured to the motorcycle body and upon airbag deployment the tether anchors the airbag to the motorcycle body; and a fluid blocking device of the retainer assembly adjacent the opening that substantially keeps liquid from outside the retainer assembly from accessing the airbag and the inflator in the retainer assembly via the opening.