Air bags in motor vehicles

Device for the storage of air bags in motor vehicles, which are provided for the protection of persons in the vehicle, comprising a box-shaped housing disposed in a vehicle for receiving a deflated, folded air bag therein being attachable to an inner wall of the vehicle, and filling means disposed in said housing for inflating the air bag with gas during accidents to prevent or reduce injuries causing the air bag to expand along given horizontal and vertical directions, said housing being formed of substantially rigid material and having yieldable walls, a planar base plate for attachment to the vehicle, said base plate having parallel edges, and a cover having a parting line formed therein parallel to said edges of said base plate defining two cover shells being movably hinged directly along said edges of said base plate and being swingable out of the given horizontal and vertical directions, said cover shells being connected to each other in the vicinity of said parting line by an intentionally breakable point being openable upon a pressure rise in the air bag.