Motor vehicle front end protector
AssigneeMegabar CC
InventorAndrew Heyns
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Abstract
A motor vehicle front end protector is provided in which a plurality of vertically spaced protective bars are supported by a pair of laterally spaced uprights. In most cases the ends of the protective bars are also interconnected by upright end pieces, preferably of channel or box-shape in cross-section. Additional spacers can be fitted between the uprights to fix their position relative to each other. The protector is characterised in that all connections between protective bars and uprights; protective bars and upright end pieces; and uprights or upright end pieces and spacer bars are effected by releasable fasteners, usually bolts. This enables damaged parts to be replaced individually as and when required in an easy and effective manner without requiring surface treatment of the assembly.
Claims7
A motor vehicle front end protector comprising at least two laterally spaced uprights supporting at least two vertically spaced transverse protective bars, the protector being characterised in that the uprights and protective bars are releasably secured together by means of releasable fasteners,
- wherein each of the uprights is of channel or box-shape in cross-section thereby defining two opposed flanges and the protective bars are each of a one-piece construction and pass through apertures formed in the opposed flanges of the uprights,
- and wherein each upright has secured to the inside of its flanges gusset plates located one on each side of two diametrically opposed zones of the protective bars at each position where they pass through the uprights and at least one releasable fastener secures the protective bars to the gusset plates in each case.
A motor vehicle front end protector comprising at least two laterally spaced uprights supporting at least two vertically spaced transverse protective bars, the protector being characterised in that the uprights and protective bars are releasably secured together by means of releasable fasteners,
- wherein the ends of the protective bars are releasably interconnected by means of upright end pieces secured to the protective bars by means of releasable fasteners.
A motor vehicle front end protector comprising at least two laterally Spaced uprights supporting at least two vertically spaced transverse protective bars, the protector being characterised in that the uprights and protective bars are releasably secured together by means of releasable fasteners,
- wherein each upright has a bracket towards its lower end whereby the upright may be mounted to a motor vehicle chassis or bumper to extend upwardly therefrom,
- wherein each upright is attached to its associated bracket by means of a hinge arrangement having a horizontal axis, and the upright is releasably bolted to a zone of the bracket spaced from the hinge in order to hold it in its operative upright position, and
- wherein the lowermost protective bar passes through a journal formation on each bracket to thereby define the hinge and hold the upright captive relative to the bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.