Patent ID: 8371612

Claim:
An inflatable airbag assembly, comprising: an inflatable airbag having two opposing side faces, a rear face, and a front face; a longitudinal tether coupled to the rear face and extending to the front face, wherein the longitudinal tether comprises a face-proximal portion and a throat-proximal portion, and wherein the face-proximal portion comprises a face attachment region and a face-distal region, and wherein in a deployed configuration, the face attachment region of the face-proximal portion is vertically oriented, wherein the throat-proximal portion comprises a first leg and a second leg, wherein each leg comprises a throat coupling region and a throat-distal region, wherein the throat-distal region of the first leg is vertically spaced from the throat-distal region of the second leg, wherein each of the throat-distal regions of the first and second legs are coupled to opposing ends of the face distal region of the face-proximal portion of the longitudinal tether such that, when in a deployed configuration, the throat-distal region of the throat-proximal portion is vertically oriented; and a lateral tether that is fixedly attached to each of the side faces and extends between the side faces, wherein the longitudinal tether and the lateral tether are spaced from each other, wherein the longitudinal tether and the lateral tether restrict an inflated shape of the inflatable airbag.