Rear impact guard
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1. A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a trailer, comprising:
- a bumper support member configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer; and
a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of the bumper support member,wherein the bumper support member includes a hollow, generally triangular prism member,wherein the triangular hollow prism member includes first and second generally triangle-shaped faces, a vertical member, a horizontal member, and an angled member, and wherein the vertical, horizontal and angled members are each positioned between and coupled to outer edges of the first and second triangular-shaped faces.
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Abstract
A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a trailer includes (i) a bumper support member having an upper end configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer, and (ii) a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of the bumper support member. The bumper support member includes a hollow, generally triangular prism member.
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1. A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a trailer, comprising:
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a bumper support member configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer; and a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of the bumper support member, wherein the bumper support member includes a hollow, generally triangular prism member, wherein the triangular hollow prism member includes first and second generally triangle-shaped faces, a vertical member, a horizontal member, and an angled member, and wherein the vertical, horizontal and angled members are each positioned between and coupled to outer edges of the first and second triangular-shaped faces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a trailer, comprising:
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a first bumper support member configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer; a second bumper support member configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer; a third bumper support member configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer; a fourth bumper support member configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer; a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of the bumper support members; a floor assembly including; a pair of spaced apart slide rails extending generally perpendicular to and forwardly away from the bumper, and a plurality of spaced apart cross members positioned over and generally perpendicular to the pair of slide rails; a first support base associated with the first bumper support member; a second support base associated with the second bumper support member; a third support base associated with the third bumper support member; a fourth support base associated with the fourth bumper support member; wherein the bumper support members are spaced-apart from each other, wherein each bumper support member includes a hollow, generally triangular prism member, wherein each of the support bases is positioned between its respective bumper support member and the floor assembly, wherein the first and second bumper support members are positioned to the left of a longitudinal axis of the trailer and the third and fourth bumper support members are positioned to the right of the longitudinal axis of the trailer when viewed from the rear, wherein the first support base and the fourth support base each include a cover, the first and fourth bumper support members and associated first and fourth support bases being positioned outboard of the slide rails, and wherein the second support base and the third support base each include a cutout, each cutout being positioned below the associated slide rail.
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18. A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a trailer, comprising:
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a bumper support member configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer; and a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of the bumper support member, wherein the bumper support member includes a hollow, generally triangular prism member, wherein the bumper support member includes a first face, a second face spaced-apart from the first face, and a vertical member positioned between and coupled to the first and second faces, wherein a lower edge of the vertical member and a lower edge of each of the first and second faces is coupled to the horizontal bumper, wherein the first face and the second are angled relative to each other, wherein a first end of each of the first and second faces is coupled to the vertical member and the first ends are spaced-apart from each other a first distance, wherein a second end of each of the first and second faces are spaced-apart from each other a second distance smaller than the first distance, and wherein the bumper support member further includes a generally horizontal member coupled to the vertical member and coupled to and positioned between the first and second faces.
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19. A rear impact guard configured to be coupled to a rear end of a trailer, comprising:
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a bumper support member configured to be coupled to the rear end of the trailer; a horizontal bumper mounted at a lower end of the bumper support member; and a gusset coupled to the horizontal bumper and an outer end of the bumper support member, wherein the gusset is generally triangular in shape, and wherein the bumper support member includes a hollow, generally triangular prism member. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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