Patent ID: 8702123

Claim:
A vehicle seat for a vehicle comprising: a seatback including a seat frame at least partially covered by a padding material and substantially covered by a cover; a first air-bag unit carried by the seatback and having a first air-bag mounted within an outboard side of the seatback, and substantially covered by the cover, the first air-bag being configured to inflate and burst through the cover when activated and to bear against an occupant of the seat sitting in a normal position in the seat, thereby exerting a pushing force against the occupant in an inboard direction; a second air-bag unit carried by the seatback and having a second air-bag mounted within the outboard side of the seatback, and substantially covered by the cover, the second air-bag being configured to inflate and burst through the cover when activated and to occupy a position between an occupant of the seat and an exterior side wall of the vehicle; and a strap or tether connected between a distal end of the first air-bag and an inboard side of the seat frame; wherein the first and second air-bags both deploy in a forward direction relative to the seatback such that the first and second air-bags overlap one another upon activation in a lateral direction.