Patent ID: 6938920

Claim:
An occupant restraining device comprising a shielding member and an airbag, said shielding member being deployed from the peripheral edge of a window of a vehicle to shield said window when a rollover of a vehicle is detected, and said airbag being expanded and inflated from the peripheral edge of said window to be interposed between said shielding member and an occupant when a rollover of a vehicle is detected, wherein said shielding member is arranged to substantially rise from the lower edge side of said window peripheral edge thereby to shield said window on the outer side of an occupant, and wherein said airbag is folded and housed in the upper edge portion of said window peripheral edge while allowing the lower end side thereof at the time of completion of the expansion and inflation to move in a direction generally perpendicular to said window, and having the upper end side thereof at the time of completion of the expansion and inflation connected to and supported by the upper edge portion of said window peripheral edge.