Patent ID: 7862073

Claim:
An air bag assembly inflatable from an inflator mounted on the vehicle forward of a vehicle occupant seat, said air bag comprising: an air bag mounting end adjacent to the inflator; a vertical extending occupant facing restraining surface located at a distance from the air bag base end and having a lower portion for restraint of the occupant lower torso and an upper portion for restraint of the upper torso; an air bag base wall extending generally horizontally from the base end toward the vehicle seat and dividing the air bag assembly into a lower torso portion for restraint of the occupant lower torso and an upper torso portion for restraint of the upper torso; said upper portion including an inflatable left hand lobe rising from the left side of the base wall and an inflatable right lobe rising from the right side of the base wall, said left and right hand lobes defining therebetween an upper un-inflated void space, the lower extent of the upper un-inflated void space being provided by the horizontal extending base wall; and a fabric connecting member connecting the left hand lobe and the right hand lobe above the horizontal base wall.