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US 9,566,923 B2Granted
Rear impact guard
AssigneeWabash National, L.P.
InventorsAndrzej Wylezinski, Brian C. Belcher
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Abstract
A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a trailer includes (i) a bumper support member having an upper end configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer, and (ii) a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of the bumper support member. The bumper support member includes a hollow, generally triangular prism member.
Claims20
A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a trailer, comprising:
- a bumper support member configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer;
- and
- a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of the bumper support member,
- wherein the bumper support member includes a hollow, generally triangular prism member,
- wherein the triangular hollow prism member includes first and second generally triangle-shaped faces, a vertical member, a horizontal member, and an angled member, and wherein the vertical, horizontal and angled members are each positioned between and coupled to outer edges of the first and second triangular-shaped faces.
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A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a trailer, comprising:
- a first bumper support member configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer;
- a second bumper support member configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer;
- a third bumper support member configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer;
- a fourth bumper support member configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer;
- a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of the bumper support members;
- a floor assembly including:
- a pair of spaced apart slide rails extending generally perpendicular to and forwardly away from the bumper, and
- a plurality of spaced apart cross members positioned over and generally perpendicular to the pair of slide rails;
- a first support base associated with the first bumper support member;
- a second support base associated with the second bumper support member;
- a third support base associated with the third bumper support member;
- a fourth support base associated with the fourth bumper support member;
- wherein the bumper support members are spaced-apart from each other,
- wherein each bumper support member includes a hollow, generally triangular prism member,
- wherein each of the support bases is positioned between its respective bumper support member and the floor assembly,
- wherein the first and second bumper support members are positioned to the left of a longitudinal axis of the trailer and the third and fourth bumper support members are positioned to the right of the longitudinal axis of the trailer when viewed from the rear,
- wherein the first support base and the fourth support base each include a cover, the first and fourth bumper support members and associated first and fourth support bases being positioned outboard of the slide rails, and
- wherein the second support base and the third support base each include a cutout, each cutout being positioned below the associated slide rail.
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A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a trailer, comprising:
- a bumper support member configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer;
- and
- a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of the bumper support member,
- wherein the bumper support member includes a hollow, generally triangular prism member,
- wherein the bumper support member includes a first face, a second face spaced-apart from the first face, and a vertical member positioned between and coupled to the first and second faces,
- wherein a lower edge of the vertical member and a lower edge of each of the first and second faces is coupled to the horizontal bumper, wherein the first face and the second are angled relative to each other,
- wherein a first end of each of the first and second faces is coupled to the vertical member and the first ends are spaced-apart from each other a first distance, wherein a second end of each of the first and second faces are spaced-apart from each other a second distance smaller than the first distance, and
- wherein the bumper support member further includes a generally horizontal member coupled to the vertical member and coupled to and positioned between the first and second faces.
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A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a trailer, comprising:
- a bumper support member configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer;
- a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of the bumper support member;
- and
- a gusset coupled to the horizontal bumper and an outer end of the bumper support member,
- wherein the gusset is generally triangular in shape, and
- wherein the bumper support member includes a hollow, generally triangular prism member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.