Patent ID: 7048299

Claim:
An air bag apparatus for a motorcycle including an air bag capable of restraining an operator on a seat from a front direction, in response to expansion of said air bag comprising: a pair of restraining belts at a right and a left side of the motorcycle, said pair of restraining belts being stored in a vehicle body when said air bag is in a folded state and come into a state of tension on both exterior sides at the right and the left of the seat when said air bag expands, said pair of restraining belts having a proximal portion fixedly linked to said air bag and distal ends operatively connected to a vehicle body on the right and left sides of the motorcycle, said distal ends being operatively connected to said vehicle body behind a rear portion of the seat, wherein said air bag and the vehicle body to the rear of said seat are linked via the pair of restraining belts.