Patent ID: 7850198

Claim:
A knee protection apparatus for an occupant of a vehicle, comprising: an airbag disposed in front of a knee of the occupant; an inflator for supplying gas to the airbag upon collision of the vehicle so that the airbag is deployed by the supplied gas; and a non-inflatable airbag support that is directly attached to the airbag and is structured to expand upon deployment of the airbag so as to provide a barrier between the instrument panel and the airbag, wherein one end portion of the airbag support is free, the airbag support extends in such a way that the one end portion of the airbag support separates upward and moves upward above the airbag upon the deployment of the airbag, and the other end portion of the airbag support is directly attached at the airbag, the other end portion being located in a lower side of the airbag support when the airbag has deployed.