Abstract: A method of folding an air bag, the air bag having facing first or upper and second or lower panels that are joined together, a portion of each panel cooperating to form a neck or inlet which is adapted to receive an inflator, the method comprising the steps of: a) arranging the first and second panels to be generally flat on a work surface with the a first panel overlaying a second panel; b) defining a first fold or tuck line that extends across the first panel; c) forming a double tuck in both the first and second panel, the first tuck located on a preferred portion of the first and second panels generally at the first tuck line and the second tucks generally located near the bottom of the air bag; the tucking of the panels lowering the height of the air bag in relation to its laid-out configuration in step a as well is its relating to the first tuck line; d) reducing the width of that portion of the air bag that extends from the second tuck to the top of the air bag; e) folding or rolling the reduced