OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE

An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes an airbag arranged in a region of a vehicle seat, that inflates from this region, and is allocated to an occupant in the vehicle seat. The airbag inflates upwards in the direction of a vehicle vertical axis, has a balloon-shaped section and adjacent thereto a further section and is positioned, in its operative position, in such a manner that the airbag encloses legs and a lower body of the occupant and this enclosing region forms an impact and support region for a head and an upper body of the occupant.