Patent ID: 7815216

Claim:
A bracket for attaching a curtain airbag to a vehicle body, said curtain airbag having an attaching piece formed at an edge portion thereof, said bracket comprising: a plate portion, and a plurality of airbag-attaching portions extending upwardly from and integral with an edge of the plate portion, said plurality of airbag-attaching portions being laterally spaced apart from each other for attaching the attaching piece so that the attaching piece of the curtain airbag is selectively attached to one of the plurality of airbag-attaching portions, each of the plurality of airbag-attaching portions having an insertion hole adapted for receiving an attaching implement, wherein the bracket has a bilaterally-symmetric shape in one direction corresponding to a longitudinal direction of the curtain airbag in a state where the curtain airbag is attached, and a common number of the airbag-attaching portions are provided on two sides along said one direction of the bracket, the bracket further comprising: one vehicle-body attaching portion fixed to the plate portion for attaching the bracket to the vehicle body, said vehicle-body attaching portion being located at about a center position in said one direction thereof, and a projecting portion adapted to fit into a fitting hole provided in the vehicle body, wherein said airbag-attaching portions and said vehicle-body attaching portion are arranged to generally face each other on opposite sides of the plate portion with a space therebetween.