Patent attributes
An occupant restraining device that can maintain the internal pressure of a bag at a high level is provided. In one form, a bag has its left and right ends both provided with stationary sections that are fixed to a seat pan. The stationary sections have therebetween a gas chamber that is inflated as a result of gas entering from an inflator. The bag is made into the form of a pouch by stacking an upper panel and a lower panel one on top of the other, which are to respectively define an upper half and a lower half of an outer periphery surface of the bag in an inflated state, and then bonding and sewing these panels together along the edges thereof. Specifically, the bonding of these panels together along the edges thereof involves the use of elastic adhesive having a stretchability of 200% or more, for example, between 200% and 400%.
