Patent ID: 8317223

Claim:
A restraint system for a motor vehicle comprising: first, second, and third supporting structures, each of which has a longitudinal extension in a deployed state that substantially exceeds a transverse extension, and each of which unfolds mainly in a direction of the longitudinal extension, wherein the first, second, and third supporting structures have substantially a same shape in the deployed state, wherein the first and second supporting structures each have an inlet coupled to receive gas from an external source, and the third supporting structure is configured to receive the gas from the external source via the first and second supporting structures, wherein at least one of the following is true: when at least the first and second supporting structures impact upon an obstacle prior to being completely unfolded, the first and second supporting structures do not have a same stability as when the first and second supporting structures are completely unfolded; and when at least the first and second supporting structures impact upon an obstacle prior to being completely unfolded, the first and second supporting structures do not reach a final volume or a final extension, wherein in the deployed state the first and second supporting structures extend in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle and the third supporting structure extends in a transverse direction of the motor vehicle, wherein the third supporting structure is configured along a length of the first and second supporting structures such that the first, second and third supporting structures form an A shape.