Underrun protection for vehicles
First Claim
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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Abstract
An underrun protection intended for vehicles, includes a stiff sheet unit attachable to the vehicle including on one hand a first box, which is composed of a bottom wall and a border located along the periphery thereof, and which is articulatedly connected to a fastening unit attached to the vehicle in order to be able to be turned between a folded-down position and a folded-out position in which the space under the platform of the vehicle is made accessible, and on the other hand a second box which is intended for enclosing an information carrier and which includes a transparent sheet and a frame surrounding the same, the frame being articulatedly connected to the border of the first box in order to be able to be turned between a folded-in position in the first box and a folded-out position in which the information carrier is exchangeable.
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14 Claims
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1. Underrun protection for vehicles of the type that includes a wheel-carried chassis (1) having a platform (4), comprising:
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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). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An underrun protection for a vehicle of the type that includes a wheel-carried chassis having a platform, comprising:
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a fastening unit adapted to be mounted on the vehicle; and a sheet unit that is attached to said fastening unit and that is adapted to cover at least part of a free space under the platform of the vehicle, said sheet unit having a first box with a bottom wall and a border along a periphery thereof, said first box being pivotally connected to said fastening unit so that said first box is movable between a folded-down, underrun-protecting position, and a folded-out position in which the space under the platform is accessible, said first box carrying an information carrier and a transparent sheet on said bottom wall, said sheet unit also having a second box that has a peripheral frame that nests inside said first box with an edge of said frame being adjacent to said bottom wall of said first box, said second box being pivotally connected to said border of said first box so that said second box is movable between a folded-in position inside said first box and a folded-out position in which said information carrier is accessible, said sheet unit also having a peripheral seal that is sealingly arranged between the edge of said second box and said transparent sheet and between the edge of said second box and an interior of said first box. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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