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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1976
Charles E Hines, Lincoln, NB (US);
John L Stransky, Lincoln, NB (US);
Outboard Marine Corporation, Waukegan, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a device adapted for pivotal connection to a vehicle having a wheel and tire assembly, which device reduces the impact transmitted to the vehicle frame during collision of the device with an object. The vehicle, such as a golf car, also disclosed herein, includes a vehicle frame having a front portion and a rear portion, one of which portions includes a pair of laterally spaced channel members. The device includes a bumper having a pair of laterally spaced bracket members with end portions respectively pivotally connected within the vehicle frame channel members. The device further includes yielding means, such as rubber blocks, positioned within the channel members for retaining the bumper in a first position with respect to the vehicle frame during normal vehicle operation, and for affording displacement of the bumper from the first position into the vehicle wheel and tire assembly in response to a collision of the bumper with an object.