positioned such that the yarns in one are at a bias relative to the yarns in the other but rather than the panels being joined directly together the peripheral side panel 52 is seamed between the two in this way additional three dimensionality can be readily provided this can be accomplished by offsetting the front and rear panel forming pieces in the manner shown in the figure and seaming corner 112 of panel 110 b to a central region 114 of panel 110 a then seaming around the entire periphery in the manner performed with respect to fig6 and 7 as noted previously the present invention enables the use of fabrics having lower tensile strengths than previously required for the same strength of airbag fig1 illustrates a weft inserted warp knit fabric 60 that can be used to form bags according to the invention as illustrated the fabric includes generally lengthwise extending yarns 62 and 64 and cross wise extending yarns 66 which extend generally perpendicular to the longitudinally extending yarns 62 and 64 when fabrics such as this are utilized to form airbags according to the invention the yarns 62 64 and 66 in the front panel will be oriented at a bias relative to the yarns of the rear panel fig1 illustrates an alternative fabric construction that may be used to form airbag cushions according to the invention this fabric 70 has lengthwise extending warp yarns 72 as well as generally lengthwise extending yarns 74 fig1 illustrates a further alternative embodiment of the invention in this embodiment generally rectangular shaped panels 80 a and 80 b are utilized to create a generally rectangular shaped airbag these panels will be joined together in the manner described above with respect to the square and triangular shaped bags while particularly described.