Patent ID: 7201397

Claim:
An airbag, comprising an inflatable structure made of a woven fabric, said airbag comprising a first side panel and a second side panel of substantially mirror image geometry to the first side panel, wherein each of said side panels is irregular in shape characterized by a lack of bilateral symmetry, said first and second side panels each consisting essentially of a first segment and a second segment, the first segment of the first side panel comprising a boundary edge adjoined to the second segment of the first side panel along a first seam line and the first segment of the second side panel comprising a boundary edge adjoined to the second segment of the second side panel along a second seam line such that the first segments of the first and second side panels extend away from the seam lines to define a gas inlet inflation portion of the airbag, and the second segments of the first and second side panels extend away from the seam lines to define an impact portion of the airbag, wherein the first segment of the first side panel has a fabric orientation which is different from the fabric orientation of the second segment of the first side panel and the first segment of the second side panel has a fabric orientation which Is different from the fabric orientation of the second segment of the second side panel.