Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Structural detail
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-08
2011-03-08
Morrow, Jason S (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Structural detail
C296S187080, C296S039100, C296S097230, C280S751000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07900994
ABSTRACT:
A pad for absorbing an impact on leg portions excellent in impact absorbing performance at a time of collision of a vehicle and the like, and a floor spacer for a vehicle are provided. A pad1for absorbing an impact on leg portions has a plurality of ridges3, 3, . . . on a bottom surface to be on a vehicle body side when placed in a vehicle, and is constituted of expandable beads. A floor spacer10is constituted of the pad1for absorbing an impact on leg portions and a horizontal pad2. The ridge3has a wide portion32which becomes relatively wide from a midpoint in its longitudinal direction. The heel portions of the feet of an occupant are placed on the region of the wide portion32.
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Hiraishi Ayumi
Suzuki Isao
Takakura Shinji
Morrow Jason S
Rader & Fishman & Grauer, PLLC
Sekisui Plastics Co., Ltd.
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