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
attachment means, mountable about the enclosure, for substantially non-axially, movably mounting the enclosure over the steering wheel and the steering column of a vehicle, the attachment means including a strap disposed about the enclosure, and connector means for extensibly receiving a free end of the strap therethrough for releasably tightening the strap and the open end of the enclosure about a vehicle steering column by pulling of the free end of the strap away from the connector means, the connector means including a latch movable to and from a first position engaged with the strap, and a biasing member acting on the latch to bias the latch to the first position.
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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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11 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
attachment means, mountable about the enclosure, for substantially non-axially, movably mounting the enclosure over the steering wheel and the steering column of a vehicle, the attachment means including a strap disposed about the enclosure, and connector means for extensibly receiving a free end of the strap therethrough for releasably tightening the strap and the open end of the enclosure about a vehicle steering column by pulling of the free end of the strap away from the connector means, the connector means including a latch movable to and from a first position engaged with the strap, and a biasing member acting on the latch to bias the latch to the first position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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