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You inflate it as you sit in the car, just like you fasten your seatbelt. It serves as a cushion in the case of a crash.
You dont wait till the last minute, but rather immediately, when you enter the car, (presumably for a long ride) fill it, just like you would inflate a kid's pool vest before entering
the water.
Thus IF a crash occurs, you are wearing a safety vest which can take a large part of the impact energy, and distribute it around so that it does not harm you.
It looks like a simple safety vest in boats.
Only people who feel they want the extra safety use it.
But you get the safety of an airbag with the cost of a vest. (And kids could use it too.)
Gives same type of safety as exploding airbag, only you don't have to wait for a crash and for an explosion.
Jiffy Pop Airbag
http://snltranscrip...1/91mjiffypop.phtml
This came to mind.. [Mr Burns, Oct 21 2002]
Instant Win Airbags
http://www.theonion...ion3013/airbag.html
More airbag comedy [krelnik, Oct 21 2002]
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Oh shit! About to crash!.. huff huff huff huff huff.. |
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How about this: you wear a mask with a tube extending to a deflated airbag in the usual place. During the accident, compression of your chest against the steering wheel deflates the lungs and the expelled air inflates the bag. (Jeez, you'd never know I'd worked in that area, would you.) |
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This is NOT funny.
I corrected the idea, so that it is understood as intended. |
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[pashute] "Any tool can be used as a weapon, depending upon how it is held.." (What did I say?) |
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Anyway, I am not laughing at your idea because I do not understand it. Do you mean the person would inflate the bag prior to a collision that they did not know was going to occur, or an air bag you fill just to fill an air bag. More details might help some. |
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This is instead of a seatbelt, for passengers.
It doesnt have to reach all the way up to you, as long as its in front it will recieve the impact. |
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Its good only for passengers, not the driver. I havent thought what to do for the driver. Thats why its here on halfbakery. |
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Whoa, bit of a lag time in the response there, [pashute]....two years. I could have blown up a lot of airbags by now. |
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I'm a fan of mouth-inflated safety devices, so you get a [+] from me. And it would help keep the kids entertained. Hyperventilating persons could breath out of the device also, to calm themselves. |
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IDEA EDITED and made (I hope) clearer. |
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another four months passed... re-read the annotations and links and found that the idea was still not clear even after two edits. So I edited the idea a 3rd time, hope its clear now. |
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