Patent ID: 7735858

Claim:
An airbag device for protecting a vehicle occupant in a vehicle seat of a motor coach or bus, comprising: an airbag cushion that functions as a side airbag and as a curtain airbag so as to cover an area of a portion of an interior side wall of the motor coach or bus, a portion of a window glass, or a combination thereof upon deployment; wherein the airbag cushion has a width in fore and aft directions and a height which result in the portion of window glass, the portion of the interior side wall, or the combination thereof being covered in a vicinity of the vehicle occupant such that a thorax, a pelvis, a shoulder and a head of the vehicle occupant are protected from directly contacting adjacent interior side surfaces of the motor coach or bus during a crash event, wherein the airbag device is configured to be seat mounted, wherein the height of the airbag cushion upon deployment is configured to span a distance from a top surface of a sitting pad of the vehicle seat to a point substantially near a roof of the motor coach or bus, and wherein the width of the airbag cushion upon deployment is a distance spanning from a substantially vertical rear surface of a back support of the vehicle seat to a second substantially vertical rear surface of a second back support of a second vehicle seat located in front of the vehicle seat.