Patent ID: 7878534

Claim:
A passenger airbag apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a retainer; an airbag having front and rear portions in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, said airbag being folded and retained in the retainer; a deployment-limiting sheet having one end coupled to a rear portion of the airbag at a first location spaced from the retainer, and extending toward the front portion of the airbag while being superposed on the airbag, said deployment-limiting sheet having a first folded part and extending along the rear portion of the airbag during inflation of the airbag; and a first shape-retaining sheet having a first end coupled to a front portion of the retainer and a second end coupled to the deployment-limiting sheet at a second location spaced from the retainer and the first location, the first shape-retaining sheet retaining a shape of the folded airbag and a shape of the deployment-limiting sheet, said first shape-retaining sheet having a shape-retainment release portion for releasing a shape of the folded airbag by inflation of the airbag.