Vehicle occupant restraint device

An occupant restraining device configured to restrain an occupant sitting in a vehicle seat, comprising:

• a seatbelt fixed at left and right sides of a seat cushion of the seat to restrain the hip of the occupant;
• left and right airbags stored inside a seat back of the seat on left and right sides respectively thereof and inflated and deployed on left and right sides of the occupant;
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• a tensile fabric connected to each of the left and right airbags and the seat cushion and placed under tension when the left and right airbags are inflated and deployed, the tensile fabric extending between the left and right airbags when inflated and deployed on both side surfaces of the seat cushion, the tensile fabric is a fabric member connected to each of the left and right airbags through an inside part or a lower part of the seat cushion.

An occupant restraining device configured to restrain an occupant sitting in a vehicle seat, comprising:

• a seatbelt fixed at left and right sides of a seat cushion of the seat to restrain the hip of the occupant;
• left and right airbags stored inside a seat back of the seat on left and right sides respectively thereof and inflated and deployed on left and right sides of the occupant;
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• a left and a right tensile fabric component connected to the left and right airbags respectively and to the seat cushion, the left and right tensile fabric components placed under tension when the left and right airbags are inflated and deployed, so as to be extended between the left and right airbags inflated and deployed and both side surfaces of the seat cushion for restricting the airbag's movement, the left and right airbags are deployed such as to protect at least a shoulder of the occupant and come around to a front side of the occupant thereby restricting movement of the occupant in the front-back and the left-right directions,
• wherein each of the left and right tensile fabric components has a first end and a second end, and the tensile fabric components are connected respectively to the left and right airbags at the first end and to the seat cushion at the second end.