Bumper mount forming corner on end of beam

A bumper system for vehicles comprising:

• a tubular beam having front, top, bottom, and rear walls, and further having open tubular ends;
• a pair of mounting brackets each having a mounting section attached to the rear wall on an associated one of the open tubular ends and having an integral corner-forming section extending from the mounting section laterally around the associated one end to cover the associated one end and forwardly to a location where the corner-forming section attaches to the front wall of the associated one end;
• wherein the corner-forming section has top and bottom edges, with a majority of a length of the top and bottom edges of the corner-forming section being unattached to the beam, and having a resilient portion including a top edge and a bottom edge, the top and bottom edges of the resilient portion being unattached to the beam;
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• wherein further the resilient portion of the corner-forming section has a non-planar bulbous shape that, when impacted, is designed to flex and bend toward the associated one end of the beam in a manner simulating flexure of a leaf spring.

A bumper system for vehicles comprising:

• a tubular beam having front, top, bottom, and rear walls, and further having open tubular ends;
• and
• a pair of mounting brackets each having a mounting section attached to the rear wall on an associated one of the open tubular ends and having an integral corner-forming section extending from the mounting section laterally around the associated one end to cover the associated one end and forwardly to a location where the corner-forming section attaches to the front wall of the associated one end;
• wherein the corner-forming portion has a bulbous shape spaced from the associated open end and that is designed to flex toward the associated open end and absorb energy upon a corner vehicle impact.

A bumper system for vehicles comprising:

• tubular beam having front, top, bottom, and rear walls, and further having open tubular ends;
• and
• a pair of mounting brackets each having a mounting section attached to the rear wall on an associated one of the open tubular ends and having an integral corner-forming section extending from the mounting section laterally around the associated one end to cover the associated one end and forwardly to a location where the corner-forming section attaches to the front wall of the associated one end;
• wherein the mounting section includes bumper-attachment first flanges attached to the beam, vehicle-attachment second flanges adapted for attachment to a vehicle, and a plurality of legs extending between the first and second flanges for supporting the beam on the vehicle.

A bumper system for vehicles comprising:

• a tubular beam having front, top, bottom, and rear walls, and further having open tubular ends;
• and
• a pair of mounting brackets each having a mounting section attached to the rear wall on an associated one of the open tubular ends and having an integral corner-forming section extending from the mounting section laterally around the associated one end to cover the associated one end and forwardly to a location where the corner-forming section attaches to the front wall of the associated one end;
• wherein the mounting section and the corner-forming section combine to form a W-shaped bracket.

A bumper system for vehicles comprising:

• a tubular beam having open ends;
• and
• a pair of mounting brackets each having a U-shaped mounting section attached to the beam for supporting the beam on a vehicle and having an outboard flange extending from the mounting section laterally around an associated one of the open ends and forwardly to a location where the outboard flange attaches to the front wall of the associated one end;
• wherein the mounting section and the outboard flange combine to form a W-shaped bracket.

A bumper system for vehicles comprising:

• a beam having opposing ends and a first front surface;
• mounting brackets attached to the beam for supporting the beam on a vehicle;
• an energy absorber engaging the first front surface and extending to the ends, the energy absorber having a second front surface;
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• the mounting brackets each including an outboard leg that extends around an associated one of the ends and that has a third front surface that generally aligns with and extends outboard from the second front surface of the energy absorber.