Patent ID: 7614655

Claim:
An airbag for being deployed toward a vehicle occupant, the airbag comprising: a first lateral airbag section for being deployed in a rearward longitudinal direction toward one side of the vehicle occupant; a second lateral airbag section for being deployed in a rearward longitudinal direction toward the other side of the vehicle occupant; a first folded body portion of the first lateral airbag section including a first elongated body that is formed by folding of the first lateral airbag section about a plurality of fold lines that extend in the longitudinal direction to reduce a vertical height of the first lateral airbag section and a first leading portion extending substantially orthogonal to the first elongated body that is formed by folding the first elongated body about a fold line extending orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; and a second folded body portion of the second lateral airbag section including a second elongated body that is formed by folding the second lateral airbag section about a plurality of fold lines that extend in the longitudinal direction to reduce a vertical height of the second lateral airbag section and a second leading portion extending substantially orthogonal to the second elongated body that is formed by folding the second elongated body about a fold line extending orthogonal to the longitudinal direction.