Abstract: An airbag arrangement in a motor vehicle, the air bag arrangement comprising an inflatable element including fabric and a gas generator component adapted to inflate the inflatable element in response to the sensing of predetermined conditions. The inflatable element is initially stored in a non-linear recess, channel or housing provided in the motor vehicle extending above a door opening of the motor vehicle. The inflatable element includes an upper edge provided with anchoring means connected to points within the recess, channel or housing, the inflatable element having a first chamber adjacent to the upper edge thereof adapted to be inflated, and also having a second discrete chamber adjacent to a lower edge thereof. The second chamber is of elongate form and associated with anchoring means to anchor opposite ends of the second chamber to fixed points in the motor vehicle.

Abstract: An air-bag arrangement provides protection for the occupant of a motor vehicle. The air-bag arrangement incorporates an airbag (50) formed by two layers of fabric (51, 52) interconnected to form a first set of chambers (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58), having a plurality of elongates substantially parallel chambers. A further fabric layer (61) is connected to one of the two layers (52) forming the main part of the inflatable element to define a second chamber set including two chambers (62, 63). These chambers are off-set from the adjacent chambers (54, 55, 56) defined by the first two layers (51, 52). Apertures (59, 60) provided in the layer (52) provide means for inflating the second set of chambers (62, 63).