Vehicle bumper device

A vehicle bumper device for a vehicle, the vehicle bumper device comprising:

• (i) a bumper beam formed of a continuous fiber reinforced plastic and comprising
• (a) a central portion that extends in a vehicle width direction, the central portion having opposite ends in the vehicle width direction, and
• (b) a left-right pair of lateral portions that respectively extend from the opposite ends of the central portion and curve toward a vehicle body of the vehicle;
• and
• (ii) bumper auxiliary portions formed of a short fiber reinforced plastic different from the continuous fiber reinforced plastic and protruding respectively from the lateral portions outward in a vehicle front-rear direction,
• wherein the bumper beam defines:
• an upper surface section, a lower surface section, a collision load receiving section that faces outward in the vehicle front-rear direction, and a vehicle body attachment section that has an opening oriented toward the vehicle body, and has an approximately U-shaped cross section, and
• wherein, in the lateral portions, at least one of the upper surface section and the lower surface section has at least one ridgeline defined by a surface step formed on the at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface, the at least one ridgeline extending between the collision load receiving section and the vehicle body attachment section.