Patent ID: 8365316

Claim:
An airbag jacket comprising: an airbag that is expanded along an outer surface of a body of a wearer, the airbag including an inner panel constituting a first surface on a body side of the wearer and an outer panel constituting a second surface on an opposite side thereto, the outer panel comprising a single continuous envelope of material with a uniform thickness; a gas supplied between the first surface and the second surface, the gas configured to expand the airbag; and a limiting device configured to limit a separating distance of the second surface and the first surface at a time when the airbag is expanded, wherein the outer panel surrounds an entire periphery of the body of the wearer in a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the body, wherein the outer panel has a first area for forming the airbag and a second area where the airbag is not formed, and the inner panel is only disposed at the first area of the outer panel, and wherein a periphery of the inner panel is sewed to the outer panel.