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Inflatable curtain with pleats

  • US 7,185,914 B2
  • Filed: 09/24/2003
  • Issued: 03/06/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An inflatable curtain comprising:

  • a first panel having at least one first pleat formed by doubling a portion of the material of the first panel back upon itself twice such that there are two folds in the material of the first panel, the first pleat constructed such that when the inflatable curtain is inflated with inflation gas, the first pleat opens into at least one first bulge that changes the deployment trajectory of the inflatable curtain; and

    a second panel that is attached to the first panel, wherein the inflatable curtain is designed to be positioned along a vehicle roof rail.

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