Protective guard for passenger vehicle

• US 4,148,504 A
• Filed: 04/04/1977
• Issued: 04/10/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John D. Rushing
• Original Assignee: John D. Rushing
• Inventors: Rushing, John D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Reeves, Robert B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Forman, Michael J.
• Application Number:
  US05/784,526
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• Field of Search: 280/756, 280/748, 296/102, D12/155, D12/156, D12/88, D12/87, D12/98, 248/166, 248/168
• US Class Current: 280/756
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/0083 Pick-up trucks; Light trucks; Sport utility vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/132 Roll bars for convertible vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/137 Reinforcement cages for closed vehicle bodies
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/13 Roll-over protection electrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements B60R21/01

Abstract

To provide passenger protection when a vehicle rolls a protective guard is mounted juxtaposition the passenger seating arrangement. This protective guard includes a roll bar with a support brace hinged thereto. Both the roll bar and the support brace have cross members and leg members which are adjustable to meet the requirements of different vehicle designs and installations. At the end of the leg members for the support brace there is pivotally attached mounting pads, which along with mounting pads of the leg members of the roll bar, are used for attachment of the protective guard to the passenger vehicle.

Claims

1. A protective guard for a passenger vehicle to be mounted juxtapositioned and transverse of a seating arrangement, the combination comprising:

a generally U-shaped roll bar pipe section having a top member and two leg members, the leg members including means for mounting said roll bar to the vehicle substantially transverse to the seating arrangement,

a generally U-shaped support brace pipe section also having a top member and two leg members,

a hinge of shortened pipe sections having an inside diameter larger than the outside diameter of said support brace for receiving said support brace to pivotally interconnect the top members in a substantially parallel relationship, the shortened pipe sections welded to said roll bar, and

first and second mounting pads, one pivotally mounted to each of the leg members of said support brace at the end opposite the top member.

2. A protective guard device for a passenger vehicle as set forth in claim 1 wherein said mounting pads include an L-shaped bracket with one arm pivoted to a leg member.

3. A protective guard device for a passenger vehicle as set forth in claim 1 wherein said mounting pads include a U-shaped bracket with the parallel arms pivoted to a leg member.

4. A protective guard device for a passenger vehicle as set forth in claim 1 wherein each leg of said support brace includes means for adjusting the length of each leg.

5. A protective guard device for a passenger vehicle as set forth in claim 1 wherein each leg of said roll bar includes means for adjusting the length of each leg.

6. A protective guard device for a passenger vehicle as set forth in claim 1 wherein the top member of said roll bar and said support brace includes means for adjusting the length of the top member.