Patent ID: 7441805

Claim:
An airbag cushion comprising: an airbag cushion wall enclosing an interior for inflation by gas from an inflator, said airbag cushion wall defining a throat for flow of gas from an inflator into the interior of the airbag cushion, said airbag cushion comprising an initial expansion section and a full expansion section, wherein the initial expansion section is available for contributing to an initial volume of the interior of the airbag cushion, wherein the full expansion section is an integral extension of the initial expansion section and is initially held in a folded configuration by at least one row of break stitches so that the full expansion section does not contribute to the initial volume of the interior of the airbag cushion but does contribute to the final volume capacity of the interior of the airbag cushion once sufficient pressure has been applied to the airbag cushion by the gas to break the break stitches, wherein the break stitches extend only partially across the airbag cushion, and wherein the airbag cushion has sides and the break stitches are located away from the sides of the airbag cushion so that the sides are expanded before the portion of the airbag cushion held by the break stitches.