Vehicle protection device

Abstract

The invention relates to protection devices providing operational safety for vehicles, mainly of agricultural purpose. The technical result consists of enhancing the efficiency of safety device through the improvement of operational reliability in frontal and lateral collisions and simplicity of restoring its structural integrity after collision. The vehicle protection device includes a base, and a barrier located in front of the base and fastened thereto by means of at least two struts having one end attached to the barrier and the other end to the base. Each of the struts is made of at least two separate rod-shaped elements featuring holes along their longitudinal axes, and containing detachable joints at their ends; said elements are configured to enable them to stay connected with each other by means of a flexible element passing through the holes of all rod-shaped elements of the struts. The struts are also configured to make their mutual disconnection possible under axial or lateral load. Moreover, said flexible element is configured to interact with a base-mounted mechanism for activating the sensor of the vehicle stopping system.

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