SIDE AIRBAG DEVICE

PROBLEM An object of the present invention is to provide a side airbag device for which the deployment behavior of an airbag cushion during expansion and deployment can readily be controlled and that can reliably receive and protect an occupant. RESOLUTION MEANS With a side airbag device according to the present invention provided with a bag-shaped airbag cushion that utilizes gas supplied from an inflator to expand and deploy to a side of a vehicle seat an interior base material panel of the airbag cushion lower end vicinity is folded back to an opposite side (far side) of an occupant of the vehicle seat and makes friction contact with an upper surface of a console box arranged between the vehicle seat and an adjacent seat