Patent ID: 7198293

Claim:
An air bag assembly 20 comprising: an air bag 30 including at least a first inflatable region 32 , 34 of determinable size, the inflatable region having a plurality of restrictions 120 , 124 , 126 peripherally located about the inflatable region, wherein the plurality of restrictions includes a first set of restrictions extending from a top uninflated portion of the air bag toward the central region and a second set of restrictions extending from a bottom uninflated portion so as to form a plurality of inflatable portions 162 having parallel sides, said first and second sets of restrictions being non-overlapping within the bag; the restrictions configured to permit the first inflatable region of the air bag to achieve its maximum inflatable size in a central region interior to the plurality of restrictions, the central region configured to extend, upon inflation of the air bag, laterally substantially from a front to a rear of the first inflatable region, the size of the central region is determinable by the length of each of the first and second set of restrictions, wherein end or terminus portions of individual restrictions of the first set of restrictions are generally opposingly facing relative to individual restrictions of the second set of restrictions and wherein the individual restrictions of the first and second sets are generally parallel to and laterally off-set from each other.