VEHICLE SEAT WITH AN AIRBAG UNIT AND AIRBAG UNIT ADAPTED FOR THE USE IN A VEHICLE SEAT

A vehicle seat having an airbag unit for protecting a passenger sitting rear of the vehicle seat. The deployed airbag () extends from the rear side of the backrest of the vehicle seat into the vehicle rear direction. A support surface () of the airbag () is positioned above the attachment between the airbag unit () and the backrest and an impact surface () of the airbag () is located in front of a rear seated passenger. The airbag is relatively small and high positioned such that the impact surface () is positioned to exclusively contact the head of the passenger. In the state in which the airbag () is fully deployed but free of outer forces, the impact surface () defines an impact plane (IP) and a support surface () defines a support plane (SP). The impact plane (IP) and the support plane (SP) enclose a first angle (a) between 5° and 90°.