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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2000
Sharon K Melia, Kettering, OH (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A support system for a folded inflatable air bag cushion deployable from a stored position over an area of extended length wherein the support system promotes the maintenance of a desired folding pattern along the length of the air bag cushion during the installation process and thereafter until deployment takes place. The support system includes one or more pliable cradle elements extending from a first support surface in cradling relation at least partially around the folded inflatable air bag cushion. The cradle elements are releasably attached to a second support surface such that upon inflation of the air bag cushion the cradle elements are detached from the second support surface and moved out of cradling relation around the inflatable air bag cushion.