Vehicle airbag arrestor
First Claim
1. A vehicle airbag arrestor mountable about a vehicle steering column carrying a steering wheel with an inflatable airbag, the airbag arrestor comprising:
- an enclosure having a closed end wall, an opposed open end and a sidewall, the enclosure defining an interior cavity between the end wall and the open end adapted to be mountable over a vehicle steering wheel;
an attachment member, mountable about the open end of the enclosure, to substantially, non-axially, movably mount the enclosure over a vehicle steering wheel;
shape support means, coupled to the end wall, for maintaining the shape of the end wall, the shape support means including a shape support member coupled to the end wall; and
the end wall including first and second spaced panels, the shape support member disposed between the spaced first and second panels.
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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 apertures in the sidewall 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 one end of 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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15 Claims
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1. A vehicle airbag arrestor mountable about a vehicle steering column carrying a steering wheel with an inflatable airbag, the airbag arrestor comprising:
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an enclosure having a closed end wall, an opposed open end and a sidewall, the enclosure defining an interior cavity between the end wall and the open end adapted to be mountable over a vehicle steering wheel; an attachment member, mountable about the open end of the enclosure, to substantially, non-axially, movably mount the enclosure over a vehicle steering wheel; shape support means, coupled to the end wall, for maintaining the shape of the end wall, the shape support means including a shape support member coupled to the end wall; and the end wall including first and second spaced panels, the shape support member disposed between the spaced first and second panels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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