Bumper supporting energy absorber with match line adjuster
CA 1279346 C · Owner: Garner, John D. · Inventors: Garner, John D.; Koontz, James M. Jr.; Bates, Joseph A.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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An energy absorbing bumper unit attaching a bumper to a vehicle which incorporates a threaded jack screw that varies the distance between the screw and the side rail to accordingly tilt the energy absorber unit and the bumper assembly for effecting a mating of adjacent surfaces of the bumper and the bodywork of the vehicle to obtain a predetermined match line with reduced gap between the bumper and the body work.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted January 22, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 22, 2008.
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