Vehicle fenders – Buffer or bumper type – Combined
Patent
1989-06-19
1990-08-21
Pedder, Dennis H.
Vehicle fenders
Buffer or bumper type
Combined
224 4203R, 2804601, B60R 1948
Patent
active
049500104
ABSTRACT:
Receiver apparatus for mounting accessories to the frame of a vehicle, and a method of manufacture of the same, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a bumper/receiver is integrally formed, with the bumper being formed of heavygauge steel and being substantially hollow in the region bounded by its steel walls. Dual, laterally spaced, elogate, square cross-sectional receivers extend from a first outer expanse through the hollow region substantially beyond a second outer expanse of the bumper, forming elongate channels dimensioned to receive correspondingly spaced elongate mounting projections ("stingers") of a vehicular accessory. In the preferred embodiment, a third elongate receiver having a long axis parallel with the long axes of the spaced pair of receivers also is formed in the bumper, its axes being below the plane formed by the axes of the receiver pair. Each receiver is provided with means for lockably securing a stinger therein. In a modification, three laterally spaced receivers are rigidly joined to a crossmember having vehicle frame-mountable support brackets. The preferred method of manufacture of the bumper/receiver apparatus includes the use of a special jig to maintain the parallel alignment of plural receivers/stickers during their welded joinder to the bumper/crossmember. Finally, dual stinger accessories are described that interchangeably may be mounted within the receiver apparatus.
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