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Underrun protection for vehicles

  • US 7,188,875 B2
  • Filed: 02/26/2003
  • Issued: 03/13/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Underrun protection for vehicles of the type that includes a wheel-carried chassis (1) having a platform (4), comprising:

  • a stiff sheet unit (6) fastenable on the vehicle and which has the purpose of partly covering the free space under the platform (4), thereby counteracting running-in under the platform by other vehicles, the sheet unit (6) comprising a first box (27), which is composed of a bottom wall (29) and a border (30) located along the periphery thereof, and which is articulatedly connected to at least one fastening unit (7) mountable on the vehicle in order to be able to be turned between a folded-down, underrun-protecting position, and a folded-out position in which the space under the platform (4) is made accessible, and a second box (28) for enclosing an information carrier (37) and which comprises a transparent sheet (34) and a frame (31) surrounding the same, said frame being articulatedly connected to the border (30) of the first box in order to be turned between a folded-in position in the first box (27) and a folded-out position in which the information carrier (37) is exchangeable,wherein the second box (28) of the sheet unit is inwardly open and provided with a circumfering sealing (36) arranged to be sealingly pressed against a transparent sheet (39) on the outside of the information carrier (37), as well as against the inside of the border (30) of the first box (27).

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