Patent ID: 7322598

Claim:
Set of equipment for a motor vehicle comprising: an inflatable structure comprising a side wall and an end wall, the inflatable structure having a folded configuration and a deployed configuration, a support for the inflatable structure, means for inflating the structure in a direction of inflation (D) in order to deploy the structure, a plate for spreading the load when an occupant of the vehicle impacts on the deployed inflatable structure, and means of guiding the structure as the structure deploys so that, in the deployed configuration, the structure extends along a median directrix line (L) distinct from the direction of inflation (D) wherein the guide means comprise the side wall of the structure which, in the deployed configuration, is substantially taut, and wherein the set further comprises a sheath forming the side wall of the inflatable structure and comprising an open first end fixed to the support and an open second end fixed to the load-spreading plate, the load-spreading plate closing off the open second end to form the end wall of the inflatable structure.