Vehicle occupant safety apparatus

A vehicle occupant safety apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle having a roof, a headliner underlying the roof, and a side structure including side window openings, said apparatus comprising:

• an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device and an inflation fluid source actuatable to provide inflation fluid for inflating said inflatable vehicle occupant protection device from a deflated condition to an inflated condition, said inflatable vehicle occupant protection device consisting essentially of overlying inner and outer panels each constructed of a single piece of material and having a substantially identical shape and stitching interconnecting said inner panel with said outer panel to define portions of said inflatable vehicle occupant protection device, said portions comprising:
• a side curtain portion having a trapezoidal configuration with spaced parallel upper and lower edges and spaced front and rear edges extending between said upper and lower edges and extending at acute angles relative to said lower edge, said upper edge extending entirely above the side window openings of the vehicle along the intersection of the side structure of the vehicle and the vehicle roof, said lower edge extending along the vehicle side structure adjacent a lower edge of a front side window opening and a lower edge of a rear side window opening when said side curtain portion is inflated, and
• a headliner portion having a rectangular configuration including spaced parallel forward and rearward edges and spaced parallel inner and outer edges extending perpendicular to said forward and rearward edges and between said forward and rearward edges, said outer edge of said headliner portion extending parallel to and merging with said upper edge of said side curtain portion.