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Inflatable side curtain

  • US 6,409,211 B1
  • Filed: 10/10/2000
  • Issued: 06/25/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle that has a side structure and a roof, said apparatus comprising:

  • a vehicle occupant protection device that is inflatable away from the vehicle roof into a position between the side structure of the vehicle and a vehicle occupant; and

    an inflation fluid source that provides inflation fluid for inflating said vehicle occupant protection device;

    said vehicle occupant protection device comprising a seam extending in a spiral-like manner from a location within the outer periphery of the vehicle occupant protection device to define at least one spiral-shaped chamber portion of the vehicle occupant protection device.

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