Vehicle airbag arrestor
First Claim
1. A vehicle airbag arrestor mountable about a vehicle steering column carrying a steering wheel containing an inflatable airbag, the airbag arrestor comprising:
- an enclosure having an open end and a closed end, the enclosure adapted to be mountable over a vehicle steering wheel and vehicle steering column, with the closed end adjacent a vehicle steering wheel; and
an attachment member, mountable about the enclosure, and adapted to substantially non-axially, movably mount the enclosure over the steering wheel and the steering column of a vehicle.
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Abstract
An airbag arrestor mountable about a vehicle steering column carrying a steering wheel and a airbag module is non-axially movable with respect to the vehicle steering wheel and steering column during airbag inflation by containing and redirecting airbag inflation gasses oppositely from the steering wheel through an open end of the airbag arrestor enclosure secured about the steering column. The airbag arrestor includes a flexible, ballistic grade material enclosure having a sidewall extending between an open end and an opposed closed end. An attachment in the form of a strap constructed of a ballistic grade material is tightenable about the sidewall of the enclosure adjacent the open end to non-axially movably secure the enclosure about the vehicle steering column.
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16 Claims
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1. A vehicle airbag arrestor mountable about a vehicle steering column carrying a steering wheel containing an inflatable airbag, the airbag arrestor comprising:
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an enclosure having an open end and a closed end, the enclosure adapted to be mountable over a vehicle steering wheel and vehicle steering column, with the closed end adjacent a vehicle steering wheel; and
an attachment member, mountable about the enclosure, and adapted to substantially non-axially, movably mount the enclosure over the steering wheel and the steering column of a vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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