Patent ID: 6899350

Claim:
Apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle that has a side structure and a roof, said apparatus comprising: an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device that is inflatable from a stored condition to a deployed position between the side structure of the vehicle and a vehicle occupant, said inflatable vehicle occupant protection device including an upper edge, an opposite lower edge, and inflatable front and rear portions spaced away from each other and extending between said upper and lower edges, said inflatable vehicle occupant protection device further comprising an inflatable main portion positioned between said front and rear portions and extending between said upper and lower edges; and an inflation fluid source that is actuatable to provide inflation fluid for inflating said inflatable vehicle occupant protection device; said main portion being rolled up into a rolled condition extending along an intersection of the side structure and the vehicle roof, said front portion being folded into a folded condition extending along an A pillar of the vehicle, and said rear portion being folded into a folded condition extending along a C pillar of the vehicle when said inflatable vehicle occupant protection device is in said stored condition.