Patent ID: 7588264

Claim:
An airbag apparatus for a motorcycle, the airbag apparatus comprising: an airbag to be deployed and inflated for protecting a rider of the motorcycle; a rearward portion of the inflated airbag that is at least partially accordion-folded prior to deployment; a forward portion of the inflated airbag that is at least partially roll-folded prior to deployment, wherein the accordion-folded rearward portion deploys before the roll-folded forward portion of the airbag; a head restraint portion of the rearward portion of the airbag which is inflatable toward a head of the rider; a chest restraint portion of the rearward portion of the airbag which is inflatable toward a chest of the rider; and a tether attached to the head restraint portion at one end thereof and for being anchored to the motorcycle at its other end so that the airbag is deployed sequentially with the chest restraint portion deployable initially toward the rider's chest, then the head restraint portion is deployable toward the rider's head, and finally the forward portion is deployed and unrolled toward a front of the motorcycle.