(under subclass 102) Device comprising a main horizontally extending impact means and additional impact-receiving means, attachable to said main impact means or to some other vehicle structure, to protect a limited portion only of the entire area of said main impact means against impact by other objects.
(1) Note. The additional impact means may have greater height than width and may extend beyond the vertical limits
of the main impact means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
108, for bumper guards having gas or liquid therein for the purpose of absorbing the force of impact thereon.
115, for bumpers having additional impact means attached thereto and which extend vertically of the bumper as a means to protect the vehicle radiator.
146+, for vertically spaced impact bars having means interconnecting said bars which is not intended as a guard means for said bars.
149+, for sectional main impact receiving bumper means having means which may lay in the plane of impact merely to interconnect the sections and not as protection therefor. SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
280, Land Vehicles,
500+, and 505 for impact bar guards designed to serve as trailer hitches.
