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US 3,992,047 AGranted
Motor actuated shiftable supplemental bumper
AssigneeDaimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsBela Barenyi, Hermann Renner
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Abstract
A protective installation for a motor vehicle which includes a bumper mounted transversely in front of the respective vehicle end while a further outwardly projecting cross beam which is preferably padded is arranged underneath the bumper.
Claims13
A protective installation for vehicles comprising a bumper member mounted at a relatively fixed part of a vehicle to extend outwardly from the vehicle end;
- cross-beam means mounted to extend outwardly of said bumper member;
- pivot means for pivoting said cross-beam means at said bumper member, said pivot means including torsion spring means and first lever means connected to said cross-beam means and said torsion spring means for pivotally positioning said cross-beam means;
- and adjusting means connected to said torsion spring means for rotating said torsion spring means such that said cross-beam means is adjustable in position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.