Patent ID: 7857346

Claim:
A safety arrangement for a motor vehicle, the safety arrangement comprising: an airbag module having an inflatable airbag in fluid communication with an inflator configured to inflate the airbag, the airbag provided with at least one internal tether having a first end and a second end, a first part of the tether proximate the first end being connected either directly or indirectly to a restrainable part of the airbag, at least part of the airbag being initially folded or rolled to form folds or rolls between which the second end of the tether is trapped, the second end being a terminal end of the tether free from connection with the airbag apart from the folds or rolls which initially trap the second end, the safety arrangement being such that, upon inflation of the airbag, the tether serves to restrain said restrainable part of the airbag until such time as the folded or rolled part of the airbag becomes sufficiently unfolded or unrolled to release the second end of the tether.