Patent ID: 7044500

Claim:
A side impact air bag curtain apparatus comprising: an inflatable air bag adapted to be installed within a vehicle in a stowed condition proximate a roof rail of a vehicle and when inflated expands from the stowed condition to a deployed condition generally in front of an adjacent side of the vehicle; the air bag including at least one movable air bag anchor at an end of the air bag; and a force-directing member or guide fixedly mounted at a determinable orientation within the vehicle and adapted to slidingly receive and support the movable air bag anchor, wherein upon inflation of the air bag, the air bag moves to the deployed condition causing the movable anchor to slide down the force-directing member or guide so that upon inflation of the air bag the movable anchor is self located in or near a center of the force-directing member or guide resisting any tendency of the curtain to move or be moved upwardly; wherein the force-directing member or guide includes an element having a single bend, wherein that single bend forms an apex, the element mounted such that the apex tends to cause the movable air bag anchor to self-center at the apex, while not being locked to the element.