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Folding truck bumper

  • US 3,871,695 A
  • Filed: 02/20/1974
  • Issued: 03/18/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A folding bumper for use in connection with an over-the-road vehicle having a frame, the folding bumper comprising, in combination, a bumper plate assembly, first hinge means for pivotally connecting the bumper plate assembly to the vehicle frame and defining a generally horizontal pivot axis, said first hinge means supporting said bumper plate assembly for pivotal movement about said pivot axis between a first, generally vertical extended position and a second, generally horizontal collapsed position, a support arm, second hinge means spaced horizontally from said first hinge means and defining a generally horizontal pivot axis for said support arm and about which said support arm pivots between an extended and a collapsed position to hold said bumper plate assembly respectively in said first and second positions, means defining a first hole in said bumper plate assembly and second and third holes spaced along said support arm, said second and third holes being selectively registerable with said first hole, and pin means releasably receivable in said first, second and third holes and including means for locking said pin means in said registered first and second holes or said first and third holes, whereby insertion of said pin means in said first and second holes locates and locks said bumper plate assembly in said extended position and said pin means inserted in said first and third holes locks said bumper plate assembly in said collapsed position.

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