Air bag assembly

In a vehicle having at least one A-pillar, a B-pillar, a side roof rail extending between the A-pillar and B-pillar, an upper front interior corner at the intersection of the roof rail and the A-pillar and at least one seating position for a vehicle occupant, an air bag assembly comprising:

• an inflator for generating gas;
• and
• an air bag deployable upon generation of gas by the inflator;
• the air bag being stored in the upper front interior corner of the vehicle, the air bag being a single integral air bag that includes a tether extending between a side portion and a frontal portion, whereby upon air bag deployment, the frontal portion deploys downwardly and in front of the vehicle occupant and wherein the side portion deploys downwardly and to the side of the vehicle occupant such that the air bag wraps around the occupant during deployment for continuous front to side coverage.

An air bag system in a vehicle having opposing upper front interior corners, the vehicle having positions for seating vehicle occupants on opposing side of the vehicle proximate the upper front interior corners, the air bag system comprising:

• a first air bag assembly located solely in one of the upper front interior corners and a second air bag assembly located solely in the other of the upper front interior corners, each of the air bag assemblies comprising;
• an inflator for generating gas, and
• an air bag deployable upon generation of gas by the inflator, the air bag being a single integral air bag that includes a tether extending between a side portion and a frontal portion, the frontal portion and the side portion being in fluid communication with each other, the frontal portion being sized and shaped for deploying downwardly and in front of the respective vehicle occupant and the side portion being sized and shaped for deploying downwardly and to the side of the respective vehicle occupant;
• whereby the first and second air bag assemblies are mirror images of each other.