Patent ID: 7819422

Claim:
A vehicle occupant restraint apparatus comprising: an airbag installed along a top edge side of a periphery of a side window of a vehicle in a state of being folded; at least one inflator for inflating the airbag; and a guide plate installed above a pillar garnish of a rearmost pillar of the vehicle and extending to an inside of a vehicle cabin so as to guide the airbag toward the inside of the cabin; wherein a vehicle rear end side of the airbag is fixed to the guide plate, wherein the guide plate includes a vertical plate portion having a vertically directed surface, an inclined plate portion extending diagonally downward from a bottom edge of the vertical plate portion to the inside of the vehicle cabin, and at least one projected portion projected upward from the vertical plate portion, the projected portion being fastened to a roof side rail of the vehicle, and wherein the airbag is provided with an extended piece so as to be projected upward from a top edge thereof, the extended piece being provided in a position that overlaps the inclined plate portion in the state when the airbag is inflated, and the extended piece is fastened to the inclined plate portion.