Safety bumper system and method
OwnerDavid Arntinventor
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Abstract
A safety bumper system for a high profile vehicle, such as a pick-up truck or sport utility vehicle. The system comprises of a pair of vertical members which are coupled to the frame of a high profile vehicle, proximate one of the bumpers. The members are coupled so that they extend downward sufficiently to contact a bumper of a conventional passenger vehicle in the event of a collision between the high profile vehicle and the passenger vehicle. Impact pads are positioned over the vertical members, and bumper covers may be positioned over the pads. The impact pads may slope outwardly and include a plurality of grooves, in order to assist in preventing a conventional passenger vehicle from sliding upwardly or downwardly along the safety bumper system upon impact with the high profile vehicle.
Claims20
A safety bumper system comprising, in combination:
- first and second vertical members adapted to be coupled to a frame of a high profile vehicle;
- impact pads coupled to a front surface of the first and second vertical members;
- wherein each impact pad comprises an upper region and a lower region, wherein an outer surface of the lower region slopes outwardly and includes a plurality of grooves;
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- means for attaching the first and second vertical members to a frame of a vehicle.
A safety bumper system comprising, in combination:
- a high profile vehicle having a frame and at least one bumper;
- first and second vertical members adapted to be coupled to the frame of the high profile vehicle proximate the bumper;
- wherein the vertical members are adapted to be coupled so that a bottom portion thereof is approximately nine inches above a surface of a road;
- impact pads coupled to a front surface of the first and second vertical members, wherein each impact pad comprises an upper region and a lower region, wherein an outer surface of the lower region slopes outwardly and includes a plurality of grooves;
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- means for attaching the first and second vertical members to the frame of the high profile vehicle.
A method for providing enhanced safety for a high profile vehicle comprising the steps of:
- providing a high profile vehicle having a frame and at least one bumper;
- coupling first and second vertical members to the frame of the high profile vehicle proximate the bumper;
- wherein the vertical members are coupled so that a bottom portion thereof is approximately nine inches above a surface of a road;
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- providing impact pads coupled to a front surface of the first and second vertical members, wherein each impact pad comprises an upper region and a lower region, wherein an outer surface of the lower region slopes outwardly and includes a plurality of grooves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.