Patent ID: 7334815

Claim:
An airbag comprising: opposing airbag portions each having an internal chamber for being inflated with an external gap therebetween; a pair of external connecting members for interconnecting the opposing airbag portions externally from the internal chambers of the airbag portions with one of the connecting members being connected to one of the airbag portions and the other connecting member being connected to the other airbag portion; holding portions of the connecting members having predetermined configurations so that the connecting members are adapted to be held at the holding portions thereof as the connecting members are connected together; and interconnected portions of the connecting members at which the connecting members are connected together and which are distinct from the respective holding portions thereof with the interconnected portions and holding portions being arranged so that with the connected members held and pulled tight via the holding portions thereof as the connecting members are connected together at the interconnected portions thereof, the holding portion of the one connecting member is closer to the other airbag portion than to the one airbag portion and the holding portion of the other connecting member is closer to the one airbag portion than to the other airbag portion with the interconnected portions being between the holding portions outside the internal chambers of the airbag portions.