Patent ID: 7753407

Claim:
A side airbag apparatus, comprising: an inflator for supplying gas, a side airbag connected to the inflator to be inflated and deployed between a side wall portion of a vehicle and an occupant seated in a seat inside the vehicle, the side airbag having a front inflation portion inflating and deploying substantially forward in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a lower inflation portion inflating and deploying substantially downward, a fixing member to fix the inflator and the side airbag to the seat, and having a bolt, and a side airbag cover for covering and holding a folded side airbag so as to be stored, the side airbag cover being sewed to the side airbag and comprising: a first cover portion for covering the front inflation portion of the side airbag and having a first hole, a second cover portion separated from the first cover portion and extending perpendicular to the first cover portion for covering the lower inflation portion of the side airbag, the second cover portion having a second hole, and a base integrally formed with the first and second cover portions for covering the folded side airbag together with the first and second cover portions and having a third hole, the first, second and third holes being arranged to engage the bolt to hold the folded side airbag, wherein said first and second cover portions include tear portions for tearing upon inflation and deployment of the side airbag.