Patent ID: 7862080

Claim:
A vehicle airbelt apparatus comprising: an occupant restraint webbing to support a chest of an occupant seated in a vehicle seat; an inflatable member to support a head of the occupant when inflated, the inflatable member being included in the occupant restraint webbing; an inflator to supply inflation gas to the inflatable member; a lateral-collision sensor for detecting or predicting a lateral collision; a control device to activate the inflator according to an output signal from the lateral-collision sensor; and a belt guide, mounted to a shoulder portion of a vehicle seat back, the belt guide comprising a guide hole and first and second leg members, the leg members being substantially parallel to each other in a vehicle width direction, with a space between the first leg member and the second leg member, wherein the belt guide is projected a predetermined length due to inflation of the airbelt, and wherein the guide hole is increased in size in a vehicle vertical direction when the belt is being projected, and wherein the predetermined length of the belt guide is larger than a distance between the first and second leg members in the vehicle width direction.