Patent ID: 7594675

Claim:
An airbag arrangement in a motor vehicle comprising, a vehicle center console having an airbag and a gas generator that fills the airbag with gas after being activated to inflate the airbag from a folded-up state to an inflated state, the airbag being disposed between two adjacent seats for vehicle occupants, wherein the airbag is stored in the folded-up state in a lid of the center console, the lid having a base surface, and the airbag fastened to the base surface and a gas generator disposed within the lid for generating inflation gas, a covering enclosing the airbag and deforming to permit the airbag to deploy upwardly through the covering, the airbag, the lid, the base surface, and the covering fastened such as to move together therewith when the lid of the center console moves between a closed position which encloses a hollow space below the lid for accommodating objects and an open position which exposes the hollow space to permit access to the objects.