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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:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stefan Hortlund, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Lars Sandberg, Luleå, SE;
Assignee:
Plannja Hardtech AB, Lulea, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/00 ;
Abstract
A safety bar which provides protection, the bar having a generally trapezoidal, open cross-sectional shape. The cross-sectional configuration of the bar includes a central flange which is embraced by two webs each of which has a side-flange which extends outwardly on a respective side of the bar. The bar has an intermediate section between a first section thereof and a mounting section thereof at one of its ends. In the intermediate section, the central flange has generally a decreasing width and the webs a generally decreasing height towards the bar end.