Bumper with grill guard
AssigneeBodyguard Products LLC
InventorCharles Grant Mallicote
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Abstract
A front bumper assembly including a vehicle camera relocation mount disposed within a front wall in a manner that leaves no visible sign of a mounting bracket configuration for the vehicle camera. Another front bumper assembly includes a central opening with a removable metal grill insert. The removable metal grill insert configured to connected with the front bumper in a manner that leaves no visible sign of its mounting configuration.
Claims18
A front bumper assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a bumper portion configured to be attached to a front of the vehicle;
- a grill guard portion extending upwardly from the bumper portion;
- a front wall of the bumper portion or the grill guard portion;
- a camera opening in the front wall;
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- a vehicle camera relocation mount aligned with the camera opening;
- wherein the vehicle camera is configured to be flush with the front wall on an outer surface.
A front bumper assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a bumper portion configured to be attached to a front of the vehicle;
- a grill guard portion extending upwardly from the bumper portion;
- a front wall of the bumper portion or the grill guard portion;
- a camera opening in the front wall;
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- a vehicle camera relocation mount aligned with the camera opening, the vehicle camera relocation mount further comprising an upright bracket, wherein the upright bracket is spaced from the front wall and configured to receive a mount portion of the vehicle camera therebetween;
- wherein the upright bracket includes a first leg, a second leg and a connecting leg forming a U-shape, the first leg coupled with the front wall on a first side of the camera opening and the second leg coupled with the front wall on a second side of the camera opening, and the connecting leg includes a central aperture configured to receive the vehicle camera.
A front bumper assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a bumper portion configured to be attached to a front of the vehicle;
- a grill guard portion extending upwardly from the bumper portion;
- a front wall of the bumper portion or the grill guard portion;
- a camera opening in the front wall;
- a vehicle camera relocation mount aligned with the camera opening;
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- an upright bracket including an upper leg and a lower leg, the lower leg coupled with a horizontal member at a location spaced rearwardly from the front wall.
A front bumper assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
- a bumper portion configured to be attached to a front of the vehicle;
- a grill guard portion extending upwardly from the bumper portion and defining a central opening;
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- an insert configured to be removably disposed within the opening and held in place by a connection structure;
- wherein the connection structure includes no visible connection component in a front wall of the grill guard portion with the insert either disposed within the opening or removed from within the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.