INFLATABLE DASH-PANEL CONSTRUCTION
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1. Inflatable means for a vehicle dash-panel construction comprising a hollow inflatable bag, said bag including a cover part overlying and secured to said dash;
- a laterally elongated skirt depending from the rear of said cover part secured to said dash and positioned rearward of the instrument panel below the dash;
a resilient padding normally folded into L-shape to loosely overlie said cover part and skirt;
a lower portion of said padding being secured to said skirt; and
a reverse folded webbing element normally overlying said cover part with one end connected to a forward portion of the cover part and with its other end connected to the forward end of said padding;
said cover part, said webbing and a portion of said padding normally lying on the dash below the windshield;
means controlled by emergency impact only for inflating the bag to expand and unfold said webbing element to a planar position and said padding to a substantially upright position between the dash panel windshield grouping and the occupants of the vehicle;
said padding forming a substantially monoplanar screen reaching from the vehicle header to the panel below the dash; and
releasable fastening means interconnecting the outer forward ends of said reverse folded webbing.
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An inflatable dash-panel construction adapted to be mounted on a conventional automobile dash-panel and occupy a non-obstructing position when deflated, but which will respond to emergency conditions to be inflated and form a monoplanar screen between the occupants and the dash-panel without, however, pinning the occupants in place, to protect them against collision with the dash-panel windshield group.
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1. Inflatable means for a vehicle dash-panel construction comprising a hollow inflatable bag, said bag including a cover part overlying and secured to said dash;
- a laterally elongated skirt depending from the rear of said cover part secured to said dash and positioned rearward of the instrument panel below the dash;
a resilient padding normally folded into L-shape to loosely overlie said cover part and skirt;
a lower portion of said padding being secured to said skirt; and
a reverse folded webbing element normally overlying said cover part with one end connected to a forward portion of the cover part and with its other end connected to the forward end of said padding;
said cover part, said webbing and a portion of said padding normally lying on the dash below the windshield;
means controlled by emergency impact only for inflating the bag to expand and unfold said webbing element to a planar position and said padding to a substantially upright position between the dash panel windshield grouping and the occupants of the vehicle;
said padding forming a substantially monoplanar screen reaching from the vehicle header to the panel below the dash; and
releasable fastening means interconnecting the outer forward ends of said reverse folded webbing.
- a laterally elongated skirt depending from the rear of said cover part secured to said dash and positioned rearward of the instrument panel below the dash;
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2. Inflatable means for a vehicle dash-panel construction comprising a hollow inflatable bag, said bag including a cover part overlying and secured to said dash;
- a laterally elongated skirt depending from the rear of said cover part secured to said dash and positioned rearward of the instrument panel below the dash;
a resilient padding normally folded into L-shape to loosely overlie said cover part and skirt;
a lower portion of said padding being secured to said skirt; and
a reverse folded webbing element normally overlying said cover part with one end connected to a forward portion of the cover part and with its other end connected to the forward end of said padding;
said cover part, said webbing and a portion of said padding normally lying on the dash below the windshield;
means controlled by emergency impact only for inflating the bag to expand and unfold said webbing element to a planar position and said padding to a substantially upright position between the dash panel windshield grouping and the occupants of the vehicle;
said padding forming a substantially monoplanar screen reaching from the vehicle header to the panel below the dash;
a tubular deflating line at one end extending into said bag; and
a pressure release valve on the other end of said deflating line, whereby on actuating of said valve, the parts of said bag will collapse to its original position.
- a laterally elongated skirt depending from the rear of said cover part secured to said dash and positioned rearward of the instrument panel below the dash;
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3. Inflatable means for a vehicle dash-panel construction comprising a hollow inflatable bag, said bag including a cover part overlying and secured to said dash;
- a laterally elongated skirt depending from the rear of said cover part secured to said dash and positioned rearward of the instrument panel below the dash;
a resilient padding normally folded into L-shape to loosely overlie said cover part and skirt;
a lower portion of said padding being secured to said skirt; and
a reverse folded webbing element normally overlying said cover part with one end connected to a forward portion of the cover part and with its other end connected to the forward end of said padding;
said cover part, said webbing and a portion of said padding normally lying on the dash below the windshield;
means controlled by emergency impact only for inflating the bag to expand and unfold said webbing element to a planar position and said padding to a substantially upright position between the dash panel windshield grouping and the occupants of the vehicle;
said padding forming a substantially monoplanar screen rEaching from the vehicle header to the panel below the dash.
- a laterally elongated skirt depending from the rear of said cover part secured to said dash and positioned rearward of the instrument panel below the dash;
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