Patent ID: 7175195

Claim:
An occupant protection device comprising a knee-protecting airbag device located in front of a front passenger's seat for protecting the occupant's knees upon collision of the vehicle, and a container box located above the knee-protecting airbag device for housing goods, the knee-protecting airbag device comprising an airbag inflatable for protecting the occupant's knees, an inflator for supplying inflation gas to the airbag, a case for housing the folded airbag and the inflator, the case being opened rearward, and an airbag cover for covering the opening of the case, the airbag cover being attached to the case and openable upon inflation of the airbag, the container box comprising a box body opened rearward and a lid for openably covering the opening of the box body, the lid being located above the airbag cover; wherein the airbag cover and the lid are independent entities, whereby the airbag cover and the lid are separately openable, wherein the lid is openable without displacing the airbag cover, and before being mounted on the vehicle, the case of the knee-protecting airbag device having the airbag and the inflator housed therein and the box body of the container box are assembled into a mounting module in advance, whereby, by mounting the module on the vehicle, the knee-protecting airbag device and the container box are mounted on the vehicle.