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US 2017/0001587 A1Published application
Rock guard for highway vehicles
AssigneeLund, Inc.
InventorDean Edward Mettler
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Abstract
Rock guards can be used to protect parts, such as a radiator, in the engine compartment of highway vehicles. The present disclosure relates to a rock guard that includes a body with self-supporting frameless structure that has a hem and a plurality of mounting points mountable to a structure of the vehicle. The hem comprises a folded section of the material of the body and circumferentially surrounds the body, providing the guard with rigidity.
Claims21
1-12. (canceled)
A vehicle radiator guard comprising:
- (a) a main body spanning between a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a third side, and a fourth side opposite the third side, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth sides define an outer perimeter, the main body further defining a plurality of spaced apart openings having a first size, the main body being constructed to allow passage of an air flow stream through the main body openings while preventing passage of objects having a size greater than the first size of the openings;
- (b) a main body outer perimeter extending along each of the first, second, third, and fourth sides of the main body;
- (c) the main body is contoured to correspond to a vehicle grille;
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- (d) a plurality of mounting apertures extending through the main body, each of the plurality of mounting apertures being constructed to receive a fastener for mounting the vehicle radiator guard to a vehicle.
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A vehicle comprising:
- (a) a radiator;
- (b) a grille that allow air to flow to the radiator;
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- (c) a vehicle radiator guard located between the radiator and the grille, wherein the vehicle radiator guard comprises:
- (i) a main body spanning between a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a third side, and a fourth side opposite the third side, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth sides define an outer perimeter, the main body further defining a plurality of spaced apart openings having a first size, the main body being constructed to allow passage of an air flow stream through the main body openings while preventing passage of objects having a size greater than the first size of the openings;
- (ii) a main body outer perimeter extending along each of the first, second, third, and fourth sides of the main body;
- (iii) the main body is contoured to correspond to a vehicle grille;
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- (iv) a plurality of mounting apertures extending through the main body, each of the plurality of mounting apertures being constructed to receive a fastener for mounting the vehicle radiator guard guard to a vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.