Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1990-12-26
1992-03-17
Rice, Kenneth R.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
280751, 280752, B60R 2102
Patent
active
050962230
ABSTRACT:
An impact absorbing vehicular device for cushioning an occupant's knees or other extremities, the device including a contacting interior panel member supported by one or more impact absorbing brackets in the form of a U-shaped channel member having non-parallel sides in three normal views (e.g., side view, plan view, front view) and with the contacting interior panel being supported by the base wall of the channel member. The side walls of the channel member including ribs or darts extending normal to the base wall to encourage the formation of a plurality of folds, rather than a single fold, in response to a high energy impact. The side walls, in one embodiment, each being bowed outwardly from one another.
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Lesko Alexander
Tekelly Joseph P.
Ford Motor Company
Rice Kenneth R.
Sadler Clifford L.
Shaughnessy M.
Stock Daniel M.
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