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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2018
Wabash National, L.p., Lafayette, IN (US);
Andrzej Wylezinski, Lafayette, IN (US);
Brian C. Belcher, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Wabash National, L.P., Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
A rear impact guard includes first and second bumper support members that are identical to one another and configured to be coupled to a rear end of the vehicle along first and second sides of a longitudinal axis of the vehicle, respectively. The rear impact guard also includes third and fourth bumper support members configured to be coupled to the rear end of the vehicle and coupled to a floor assembly of the vehicle. The third and fourth bumper support members are identical and different from the first and second bumper support members. The third bumper support member is spaced outwardly from the first bumper support member, and the fourth bumper support member is spaced outwardly from the second bumper support member. The rear impact guard further includes a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of each of the first, second, third, and fourth bumper support members.