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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
William C Paulson, Georgetown, CA;
Assignee:
S.B.R. Limited, Guernsey, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
293118 ; 293 34 ;
Abstract
A bumper assembly, for use with a tailgate assembly on a motor vehicle frame, comprising: a bumper bar carrying a pair of laterally projecting, spaced arms, one end of each of the arms being fixed to the bar and the other end being pivotally mounted on the frame of the vehicle; and rigid links connected at one end with the bar and adapted to be connected at the other end with the tailgate assembly, whereby upon lowering the tailgate the bar swings out of the path of the tailgate into a position suspended beneath the frame.