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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2022
Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc., Westfield, IN (US);
Chris P. Jessup, Sheridan, IN (US);
Douglas W. Bittner, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Steven Gale, Colfax, IN (US);
INDIANA MILLS & MANUFACTURING, INC., Westfield, IN (US);
Abstract
A combination inflatable and web-based restraint for a motor vehicle seat may include an occupant restraint collar having an arcuate portion with first and second spaced apart legs each joined thereto or integral therewith, the collar configured to extend about a neck and over opposite shoulders of an occupant of the seat, first and second shoulder webs of the restraint each movably coupled to a respective one of the first and second legs such the collar is movable along the first and second shoulder webs, an inflatable airbag housed, in an uninflated state, within the arcuate portion and the first and second legs of the collar, the airbag and configured to open a seam of, and extend out of, the arcuate portion and the first and second legs upon deployment thereof, and at least one inflator fluidly coupled to the airbag for deploying the airbag.