Vehicle fenders – Buffer or bumper type – Sectional- or wing-type impact bars
Patent
1989-10-31
1991-03-19
Focarino, Margaret A.
Vehicle fenders
Buffer or bumper type
Sectional- or wing-type impact bars
293152, 293153, 188376, B60R 1904
Patent
active
050004999
ABSTRACT:
A deflectable vehicle bumper has a central frame member attachable to a front of a vehicle, and a pair of laterally extending wing members for protruding beyond the side of the vehicle, each wing member being substantially coplanar with the central frame member and attached thereto. Each wing member comprises a rigid plate having an inner end portion overlapping and detachably secured to the central frame member, and each plate has a vertical line of weakness constituting a fracture line outside the inner end portion, the fracture line ensuring that the plate fractures when a predetermined rearward force is applied thereto. A strip of resilient material is sandwiched between the overlapping plate and central frame member, the strip of resilient material being attached to the plate on each side of the fracture line. The wing members are retained substantially in a laterally extended position during minor impacts, and the resilient sheet restores the wing members to the laterally extended position after fracture of the plate has occurred.
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Constas Alex D.
Shephard Roy A.
Focarino Margaret A.
Marenco Ltd.
Pike Andrew C.
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