Patent ID: 6918459

Claim:
In a motor vehicle, an apparatus for deploying airbags comprising: a first inflatable airbag for protecting an occupant in a seating location in the vehicle in a crash; a second inflatable airbag structured and arranged to move the occupant in the seating location away from an interior surface of the vehicle upon inflation; a crash sensor system arranged to determine that a crash involving the vehicle will occur or is occurring; and an occupant position sensor system coupled to said crash sensor system for determining the position of the occupant in the seating location, said second airbag being inflated prior to inflation of said first airbag when the occupant is determined to be improperly positioned for deployment of said first airbag such that inflation of said second airbag causes the occupant to be moved away from the interior surface of the vehicle and into a better position for deployment of said first airbag.