Patent ID: 7246817

Claim:
A head-protecting airbag device mountable on a vehicle, the device comprising: an airbag folded and arranged in upper edges of side windows inside a vehicle along front-rear direction; a roof rail garnish having a single plate shape located in an area extending in front-rear direction between a roof head lining of vehicle and side windows for covering an interior side of the folded airbag, the garnish being provided in a lower edge thereof with a door portion to be pushed by the airbag and open when an airbag deploys to cover the interior of side windows; an inflator for supplying inflation gas to the airbag; and a cover portion located on a back side of the roof rail garnish over generally the entire length of the folded airbag, wherein the cover portion is arranged intermittently over the entire length of the roof rail garnish, the cover portion comprising: a bottom wall for covering a lower side of the airbag from an exterior side of the door portion of the roof rail garnish up to the exterior of the folded airbag; and a side wall extending upward from an exterior end of the bottom wall for covering an exterior side of the airbag, an upper part of the side wall being joined to an upper and exterior portion of the roof rail garnish apart from the door portion and above the folded airbag, wherein the airbag, the roof rail garnish, the inflator and the cover portion are assembled into an airbag module to be mounted on a vehicle as a single part.