Patent ID: 7322596

Claim:
An airbag apparatus mounted on a vehicle comprising: an airbag; an airbag housing portion for housing the airbag folded in a predetermined configuration and including an airbag opening for allowing the airbag to be developed and expanded; an airbag cover for covering the airbag opening; a gas-supplying device for supplying gas to the airbag to expand and develop the airbag in a developing and expanding area when a vehicle accident occurs; and an airbag-holding member for holding the folded airbag, disposed over an outer surface of the folded airbag housed in the airbag housing portion to partition the airbag housing portion and the airbag cover, said airbag-holding member being formed of translucent first and second resin layers stacked in a sheet thickness direction, said first resin layer being disposed at a side directly contacting the airbag and having a low frictional characteristic for the airbag, and said second resin layer being disposed over the first resin layer and having a strength greater than that of the first resin layer, said second resin layer having, as a tear line, a reduced thickness portion extending from an outer surface toward the first resin layer.