VEHICLE CRASH RESTRAINT SYSTEM
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SAFETY APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING AN OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE DURING AN ACCIDENT COMPRISES AN INFLATABLE CONFINEMENT SUPPORTED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONFINEMENT IS SUPPORTED IN AN INOPERATIVE COLLAPSED CONDITION AND IS EXPANDED TO AN OPERATIVE DONDITION UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF AN ACCIDENT. EXPANSION OF THE CONFINEMENT IS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE USE OF A ZERO OR LOW PRESSURE GAS GENERATING REACTION WITHIN THE CONFINEMENT WHICH IS INITIATED UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF AN ACCIDENT. COOLING MEANS MAY BE EMPLOYED TO ABSORB THE HEAT RESULTING FROM COMBUSTION OF THE FLUID GENERATING MATERIAL.
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