Protection device of the limbs lower of the driver and / or of the front passenger of a motor vehicle

摘要

The protection comprises carpet (20) covering the floor and an inflatable safety cushion (24,26). The carpet includes a sound insulating septum covering the cushion as well as an underlay of sound insulating material having a density less than the septum. This underlay has a cavity inside which the safety cushion is placed in its deflated state. The driving compartment has floor (13) with two zones (17,19) where the driver and passenger place their feet.