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Three-way gas guide

  • US 9,415,742 B1
  • Filed: 05/19/2015
  • Issued: 08/16/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A gas guide for directing inflation gas within an inflatable cushion, the gas guide comprising:

  • a guide sleeve formed of one or more panels to define a void configured to receive inflation gas from an inflator;

    an inflator opening into the guide sleeve configured to fluidly couple the void of the guide sleeve to an inflator,a forward opening positioned in a forward portion of the guide sleeve, wherein the forward opening is configured to deliver inflation gas from the void into a forward portion of an inflatable cushion;

    a rearward opening positioned in a rearward portion of the guide sleeve, wherein the rearward opening is configured to deliver inflation gas from the void into a rearward portion of an inflatable cushion; and

    a downward opening positioned in a lower portion of the guide sleeve, wherein the downward opening is configured to deliver inflation gas from the void downward into a lower portion of an inflatable cushion, wherein an area of the downward opening is at least two times greater than an area of the forward opening or an area of the rearward opening.

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