Patent ID: 7172211

Claim:
An occupant restraint system in which an airbag module accommodating an airbag in a folded state is placed along a side edge of a roof, and the airbag inflated at a time of collision of a vehicle presses to open a connecting portion between a roof lining covering the roof from a side of a vehicle compartment and a pillar garnish covering a pillar from the side of the vehicle compartment, and deploys downward into the vehicle compartment, wherein the pillar garnish comprises a roof lining engaging groove which extends along a side surface of its upper end portion at a side of the pillar, an airbag deployment guide wall which extends to an outside of the vehicle compartment from an upper end of the roof lining engaging groove at the side of the pillar, and a locking projection which extends upward from an end portion of the airbag deployment guide wall at the outside of the vehicle compartment, and wherein an end edge of the roof lining is engaged in the roof lining engaging groove of the pillar garnish, the locking projection of the pillar garnish is engaged in a locking hole formed in the pillar, and the airbag module is disposed at a position sandwiched by the pillar and the roof lining, above the airbag deployment guide wall.