Guard for vehicles
OwnerClyde Blackburninventor
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Abstract
A guard for vehicles protects the axle housing and proximate components from falling rocks and road debris. The device has a central mount that attaches onto the differential unit portion of the axle housing. The mount partially protects the differential unit. In addition, at least two shields are hinged onto the central mount. The shields can cover the segments of the exposed axle housing and said shields can be locked into place. The shields can be unlocked and swung from the central mount to allow for inspection, maintenance, and cleanup of the axle housing and its proximate components.
Claims12
A guard for protecting an axle housing and proximate components of a vehicle, comprising:
- a central mount;
- a first shield;
- a second shield;
- means for hinging the first shield and the second shield onto said mount;
- means for detachably attaching the mount onto an axle housing;
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- means for detachably securing each of the first shield and the second shield in close proximity to the axle housing and its proximate components.
The guard for protecting an axle housing and proximate components of a vehicle having a safety latch housing depending from the axle housing, the safety latch housing defining a vertical channel for receiving a latch locking means and further defining a horizontal passage intersecting the vertical channel, and having a latch locking means adapted for insertion into the vertical channel, the guard comprising:
- a central mount including a slide-in member adapted to slide into the horizontal passage and defining a receiving aperture positioned to align in registry with the vertical channel;
- a first shield;
- a second shield;
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- means for hinging the first shield and the second shield onto said mount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.