Patent ID: 8371610

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a retaining device means for an airbag arrangement, the retaining device comprising: a first retaining element configured to be connected via a first end portion to at least one airbag flap and, via a second end portion, to a firing channel or, via the first end portion, to at least one airbag flap and, via the second end portion, to a support surrounding the airbag flap; and wherein the first retaining element has at least one portion disposed between the first and the second end portion, and, on the first end portion, a first plate, which is configured to be connected to an airbag flap and/or on the second end portion, a second plate, which is configured to be connected to a support or a firing channel is mounted and wherein the first end portion has at least two overlapping end partial portions which are connected to each other and are connected to the first plate, situated opposite each other and at a spacing from each other, and/or the second end portion has at least two overlapping end partial portions which are connected to each other and are connected to the second plate, situated opposite each other and at a spacing from each other.