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US 3,938,610 AGranted
Automotive hood safety device
OwnerEugene V. Harmaninventor
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Abstract
A pair of safety devices for preventing rearward horizontal movement of a closed automobile hood is disclosed. Each safety device is formed by a retaining arm which extends rearwardly from a frame element within the engine compartment and terminates in a channel. The channel slidably receives and retains the rear edge of the hood when the latter is in the closed position.
Claims6
A safety device attachable to the frame of an automobile for preventing horizontal rearward movement of an automobile hood, said safety device comprising:
- a. a base attachable to the frame of the automobile;
- b. a retaining arm extending rearwardly of said base;
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- c. a forwardly opening channel disposed at the rear of said retaining arm for slidably receiving the rear edge of the automobile hood when the hood is in the closed position, said channel including a further base and a lip and having the spacing intermediate said further base and said lip varying non-linearly from one end of said channel to the other end of said channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.