Passenger protection device

A passenger protection device comprising:

• an airbag case to be provided in an arm rest of a vehicle seat, and an airbag with an inflator, folded and stored in the airbag case and configured to be inflated if the vehicle having the device collides at one side and then be deployed outside the airbag case through an opening made in the arm rest, thereby to protect the passenger seated on the vehicle seat;
• wherein the airbag case is shaped like a box and has a passenger-side wall that is a cover that can rotate upward around its upper end;
• the device comprises support members that lie flat on an upper surface of the airbag case and can assume an upright orientation;
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• if the vehicle collides at one side, the airbag is inflated and deployed outside the airbag case through the opening made in a passenger-side of the arm rest and pushes the cover, thereby rotating the cover upward, the support members stand on the airbag case, supporting the cover rotated upward from back in an upright orientation.

A passenger protection device comprising:

• two airbag cases to be provided in a console box arranged between the left and right vehicle seats, and two airbags, each having an inflator, folded and stored in the airbag case and configured to be inflated if the vehicle having the device collides at one side and then be deployed outside the airbag cases through an opening made in the console box, thereby to protect the passenger seated on the vehicle seat;
• wherein two units each composed of an airbag case and an airbag, are spaced apart in the console box, in a left-right direction of the vehicle;
• each airbag case is shaped like a box and has a passenger-side wall that is a cover that can rotate upward around its upper end;
• the device comprises support members that lie flat on the passenger-side surface of the cover and can assume an upright orientation;
• and if the vehicle collides at one side, the airbag is inflated at far side opposing a collision side and deployed outside the airbag case through the opening made in a passenger side of the console box and pushes the cover, thereby rotating the cover upward, and the support members stand on the airbag case, supporting the covers rotated upward from back in an upright orientation.