Patent ID: 8641086

Claim:
A seat cushion airbag device mountable to a vehicle seat, the vehicle seat comprising: a seat section comprising a seat cushion supported from below by a support section of a seat frame; and a blower duct having an outlet provided below the seat cushion, the vehicle seat being configured to eject air-conditioning air upward from the blower duct through the outlet, said seat cushion airbag device comprising an airbag, wherein at least a part of the airbag between the support section and the seat cushion is inflated with an inflating fluid generated from an inflating fluid generation source such that a seat surface of the seat section is bulged out, thereby suppressing a forward movement of an object to be restrained on the seat section, wherein the airbag comprises a folded portion, wherein before the airbag is inflated with the inflating fluid, the airbag is disposed at a position on a front side of the outlet while the folded portion is folded, such that the outlet is exposed from the airbag, and wherein when the airbag is inflated, the folded portion is deployed so as to extend to a position on a rear side of the outlet.