Patent ID: 7048300

Claim:
A side airbag apparatus, which deploys airbags between an occupant of a vehicle and a sidewall of said vehicle in order to protect said occupant in the event of side collision of said vehicle, said side airbag apparatus comprising; a first airbag, which is tubular, and one end of said first airbag is fixed at a seat back of a seat of said vehicle and the other end of said first airbag is fixed at a seat cushion of said seat; and a second airbag, which is tubular, and one end of said second airbag is fixed at said seat back and the other end of said second airbag is fixed at an area of said seat proximate said seat cushion; wherein the position of said one end of said second airbag is higher than the position of said one end of said first airbag, and wherein said other end of each of the first and second airbags, respectively, is fixed at substantially the same position on the seat cushion, and wherein a portion of the first airbags overlies a portion of the second airbag, when viewed from the side and when the first airbag and the second airbag are deployed.