Combination bumper and tire storage compartment

Details Combination bumper and tire storage compartment Combination bumper and tire storage compartment

1988-09-30

1990-01-30

Oberleitner, Robert J.

Vehicle fenders

Buffer or bumper type

Combined

293106, 296 372, 224 4206, B62D 4300

Patent

active

048969109

ABSTRACT:
A step bumper having a hinged door as the step, such door being of sufficient width and height to accommodate a spare tire. Two attachment extensions are provided for securing the bumper to the main frame members of the vehicle. Support mechanism are provided in the form of two steel straps attachable by one end to a cross member on the underside of the vehicle and to the bumper attachment extensions at the opposite end. The straps are shaped to conform to the shape of a spare tire. The step is hinged to the extensions and releasably held closed by hand operated knob bolts, which extend through holes in each side of the step into corresponding threaded holes, e.g., nuts welded on to the extensions.

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patent: 3869075 (1975-03-01), Kissner
patent: 4087032 (1978-05-01), Miller et al.

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