US PATENT SUBCLASS 280 / 728.1
.~.~ Inflatable passenger restraint or confinement (e.g., air bag) or attachment


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280 /   HD   LAND VEHICLES

29  DF  WHEELED {21}
727  DF  .~ Attachment {22}
728.1.~.~ Inflatable passenger restraint or confinement (e.g., air bag) or attachment {12}
728.2  DF  .~.~.~> With specific mounting feature
728.3  DF  .~.~.~> Deployment door
729  DF  .~.~.~> Plural compartment confinement (e.g., "bag within a bag")
730.1  DF  .~.~.~> Inflated confinement specially positioned relative to occupant or conforming to the body shape of occupant {1}
731  DF  .~.~.~> Deflated confinement located within or on steering column
732  DF  .~.~.~> Deflated confinement located in or on instrument panel
733  DF  .~.~.~> In the form of or used in conjunction with a belt or strap
734  DF  .~.~.~> Responsive to vehicle condition {1}
736  DF  .~.~.~> With source of inflation fluid and flow control means thereof {4}
741  DF  .~.~.~> Inflation fluid source
742  DF  .~.~.~> Flow control means
743.1  DF  .~.~.~> Specific confinement structure {1}


DEFINITION

Classification: 280/728.1

Inflatable passenger restraint or confinement (e.g., air bag) or attachment:

(under subclass 727) Devices wherein the attachment comprises a bag designed to inflate upon impact of the vehicle with an external object and thereby confine a vehicle occupant in a protective environment made up of a confinement bag and a vehicle seat.

(1) Note. A passenger restraining device of the inflatable type is provided for only in this class (280).

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801.1, for safety belts, per se.