Vehicle hood safety prop

A prop assembly for temporarily supporting a closure panel in an extended position removed from an opening, the closure panel and a body defining said opening being coupled by a closure hinge, the prop assembly having

• a rigid elongated prop having a hinged end for coupling to the closure and having a free end remote from said hinged end, movable during opening and closing of the opening, the free end having a passage,
• a locking pin adapted to be coupled to said body for sliding engagement into said passage,
• spring biasing means for urging the locking pin into engagement with the prop,
• a retractor for withdrawing the locking pin away from the prop,
• the locking pin and retractor being defined by opposite ends of a rigid rod slidingly mountable to the body between a pair of spaced mounting flanges apertured to receive the rod therethrough, and the spring biasing means being in the form of a coiled spring slidingly disposed on said rod for location between one of said mounting flanges remote from the locking pin and a retainer coupled to the rod proximate to the locking pin.

Prop assembly for temporarily supporting a closure panel in an extended position removed from an opening, the closure panel and a body defining said opening being coupled by a closure hinge, the prop assembly having

• a rigid elongated prop having a hinged end for coupling to the closure and having a free end remote from sad hinged end, movable during opening and closing of the opening, the free end having a passage,
• a locking pin adapted to be coupled to said body for sliding engagement into said passage,
• spring biasing mean for urging the locking pin into engagement with the prop,
• a retractor for withdrawing the locking pin away from the prop,
• the locking pin and r tractor being defined by opposite ends of a rigid rod slidingly mountable to the body between a pair of spaced mounting flanges apertured to receive the rod therethrough, and the spring biasing means being in the form of a coiled spring slidingly disposed on said rod for location between one of said mounting flanges remote from the locking pin and a retainer comprising a cotter pin slidingly received in a receiving aperture formed in the rod proximate to the locking pin.

Prop assembly for temporarily supporting a closure panel in an extended position removed from an opening, the closure panel and a body defining said opening being coupled by a closure hinge, the prop assembly having

• a rigid elongated pro having a hinged end for coupling to the closure and having a free end remote from said hinged end, movable during opening and closing of the opening, the free end having a passage,
• a locking pin adapted to be coupled to said body for sliding engagement into said passage,
• spring biasing means for urging the locking pin into engagement with the prop,
• a retractor for withdrawing the locking pin away from the prop,
• the locking pin and retractor being defined by opposite ends of a rigid rod slidingly mountable to the body between a pair of spaced mounting flanges apertured to receive the rod therethrough, the rod having a detent cut into an outer surface of the rod adjacent said locking pin for latching engagement with the prop,
• and the spring biasing means being in the form of a coiled spring slidingly disposed on said rod for location between one of said mounting flanges remote from the locking pin and a retainer comprising is a cotter pin slidingly received in a receiving aperture formed in the rod proximate to the locking pin.

Prop assembly for temporarily supporting a closure panel in an extended position removed from an opening, the closure panel and a body defining said opening being coupled by a closure hinge, the prop assembly having

• a rigid elongated prop having a hinged end for coupling to the closure and having a free end remove from said hinged end, movable during opening and closing of the opening, the free end having a passage,
• a locking pin adapted to be coupled to said body for sliding engagement into said passage,
• spring biasing mean for urging the locking pin into engagement with the prop,
• a retractor for withdrawing the locking pin away from the prop,
• the locking pin and retractor being defined by opposite ends of a rigid rod slidingly mountable to the body between a pair of spaced mounting flanges apertured to receive the rod therethrough, and the spring biasing means being in the form of a coiled spring slidingly disposed on said rod for location between one of said mounting flanges remote from the locking pin and a retainer coupled to the rod proximate to the locking pin, and
• visual indicator means showing the relative position of the locking pin to the prop and associated with the body, said visual indicator means having at least two adjacent zones of contrasting colour disposed proximate to said retractor.

Prop assembly for temporarily supporting a closure panel in an extended position remove from an opening, the closure panel and a body defining said opening being coupled by a closure hinge, the body further having an aperture for slidingly receiving said free end of the prop into a body cavity, the prop assembly having

• a rigid elongated prop having a hinged end for coupling to the closure and having a free end remove from said hinged end, movable during opening and closing of the opening, the free end having a passage, and a stop spaced from said passage for engaging the body when the hood assembly is in a maximum open position,
• a locking pin adapted to be coupled to said body for sliding engagement into said passage,
• spring biasing mean for urging the locking pin away from the prop,
• the locking pin and retractor being defined by opposite ends of a rigid rod slidingly mountable to the body between a pair of spaced mounting flanges apertured to receive the rod therethrough, and the spring biasing means being in the form of a coiled spring slidingly disposed on said rod for location between one of said mounting flanges remote from the locking pin and a retainer coupled to the rod proximate to the locking pin.