Patent ID: 8919851

Claim:
A restraint device for a vehicle interior having a flexible planar structure that is movably mounted between a rest position stowed in an area of a vehicle-fixed supporting structure and a function position extended approximately vertically towards a roof area and that is provided at an end area in front in an extension direction with a dimensionally stable pulling-out section, and having at least one roof-side holder in which the pulling-out section is detachably fixed by at least one complementary securing section in the function position of the planar structure, wherein the at least one roof-side holder comprises a receptacle and a locking pawl arrangement which is mechanically matched to a movement distance of the at least one securing section during a transfer from the rest position to the function position, wherein the securing section during an upward travel thereof presses the locking pawl arrangement into a release position, the securing section enters the receptacle and the locking pawl arrangement automatically moves back into a locking position as the securing section enters the receptacle, and wherein the locking pawl arrangement is assigned a sensor unit which detects a contact of the securing section of the pulling-out section on the locking pawl arrangement in a locked securing position of the pulling-out section and which is connected to a control unit for operating the locking pawl arrangement for an unlocking operation.