Patent ID: 7396045

Claim:
A gas bag ( 10 ) for a vehicle occupant restraint system, including a limiting strap ( 12 ) which is guided along a wall ( 14 ) of said gas bag ( 10 ), said limiting strap ( 12 ) being shortened in an initial state by at least one gathered section such that said gas bag ( 10 ) is constricted and is not able to deploy freely, said at least one gathered section being extendable after a predetermined limiting strap tensile force is exceeded, so that said gas bag ( 10 ) may be deployed completely, said limiting strap ( 12 ) has a plurality of gathered sections being held in said gathered state by one releasable holding element ( 32 ) each, said holding elements ( 32 ) being configured such that they permit an extension of their associated gathered limiting strap sections offset in time at different limiting strap tensile forces.