Patent · US Expired

Vehicle safety system

US4877266A · kind A · utility

39Cited by
3References
5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 14, 1988
Grant dateOct 31, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 14, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R19/565
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a vehicle safety device wherein the device is pivotally mounted along the lower edge of the vehicle body such that the device may be stored beneath the body when the vehicle is moving and lowered through a pivoting action to block the space between the vehicle body and the ground and in being lowered tends to engage and sweep any object in its path from beneath the vehicle and outwardly of the vehicle wheels.

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