Airbag configuration and method for operating an airbag configuration

A method for operating an airbag configuration, the method which comprises:

• providing at least one covering device for a gas generator and an airbag such that the at least one covering device is integrated in a vehicle paneling, when the at least one covering device is in a closed position;
• providing a driving device having a rolling piston in a guide space in order to move the at least one covering device from the closed position into an open position when the airbag configuration is triggered;
• subjecting the rolling piston to compressed gas in the guide space such that the rolling piston is rolled along a rolling path from a starting position into an end position and such that the rolling piston carries along the at least one covering device from the closed position into the open position;
• and
• moving the at least one covering device from the closed position into the open position such that the at least one covering device is moved behind the vehicle paneling and does at least not substantially protrude beyond the vehicle paneling toward an occupant.