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Hinged member for a rear impact guard

  • US 6,109,675 A
  • Filed: 06/23/1998
  • Issued: 08/29/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An improved impact guard for a vehicle, the vehicle having a front, a rear, a liftgate mounted to the rear of the vehicle, the liftgate having a vertical member and a platform, the liftgate able to travel in an upwardly and downwardly vertical direction, the impact guard comprising:

  • a first and second horizontal impact member;

    a mounting means to mount said impact guard to the rear of the vehicle,a hinge means to hinge said second horizontal impact member to said first horizontal impact member; and

    ,whereby the liftgate impacts said impact guard when traveling in a downwardly vertical direction causing said second horizontal impact member to rotate about said hinge means.

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