Truck bumper apparatus
US7278666B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 22, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R19/24
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A truck bumper apparatus includes an elongated bumper member sized to extend across a truck and a support member for supporting the bumper member. The bumper member comprises an elongated bumper plate free of apertures for fastening the bumper member to the truck. The support member comprises a mounting plate having fastening apertures for mounting the support member to a truck frame. The bumper member has bumper flanges extending perpendicularly from the side edges of the bumper plate, the bumper flanges having at least two bumper apertures. The support member has support flanges extending perpendicularly from side edges of the mounting plate, the support flanges having support apertures spaced to register with the bumper apertures. The mounting plate has sets of fastening apertures for mounting the support member to at least two different makes of trucks having frames with different patterns of existing apertures for mounting a bumper thereto.
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