Patent ID: 8342572

Claim:
A support structure for a vehicle airbag which can be displaced from a storage position to a restraint position by means of a gas flow, said support structure comprising: a plurality of tubular hollow bodies connected to each other, forming a channel system that surrounds a restraint volume, wherein the plurality of tubular hollow bodies are configured with respect to each other so that when the airbag is in a deployed position the tubular hollow bodies intersect each other to form a grid on at least three sides of the channel system and a first one of the plurality of tubular hollow bodies fluidly connects the grids of tubular hollow bodies on at least two of the three sides of the channel system by passing through the restraint volume, and wherein at least one guide element is arranged within the channel system for guiding the gas flow, wherein the guide element is provided at an intersection of two tubular hollow bodies of the channel system.