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Class 293
VEHICLE FENDERS
Class Definition:
Devices attached to vehicles--such as automobiles,
railway-cars, or locomotives--for the purpose of removing
persons and animals from the path of a moving vehicle or of
catching and retaining the same or for receiving or fending
off blows from other vehicles or objects.
REFERENCES TO OTHER CLASSES
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
114, Ships, subclasses 219+ for shipboard fenders.
280, Land Vehicles, subclasses 727+ for miscellaneous
vehicle attachments resembling fenders (e.g., plant
spreaders, dust and mud guards).
405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering, subclasses 212+ for
fenders for marine structures.
SUBCLASSES
Subclass:
1
Devices not falling properly into any of the following
subclasses.
Subclass:
2
Fenders interconnected in operation with car controlling
elements.
(1) Note. During the reclassification of former subclasses
91+ of Class 180, Motor Vehicles, now subclasses 274+
thereof, it was not possible to review the art of this area
(subclasses 2+) to determine if a conflict exists between the
two areas.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
180, Motor Vehicles, subclasses 274+ for a motor vehicle
provided with a safety-promoting means which is responsive to
the engagement of a portion of the perimeter (e.g., fender)
of the vehicle with an external object, and see (1) Note of
this subclass (2).
Subclass:
3
The operation of the fender is concurrent with releasing
device for a cable-grip.
Subclass:
4
The fender operation is interconnected with an electric
switch which relates to the control of the car movement.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
180, Motor Vehicles, subclass 279 for a motor vehicle
provided with a safety-promoting means which is responsive to
the engagement of a portion of the perimeter (e.g., a fender)
of the vehicle with an external object and wherein the
response interrupts an electrical system of the vehicle or
its motor, and see (1) Note of subclass 2 above.
Subclass:
5
This subclass is indented under subclass 2. Movable fender
devices interconnected with the operation of a fluid brake
system for the car.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
180, Motor Vehicles, subclasses 275+ for a motor vehicle
provided with a safety-promoting means which is responsive to
the engagement of a portion of the perimeter (e.g., a fender)
of the vehicle with an external object and wherein the
response applies one or more braking devices on the vehicle,
and see (1) Note of subclass 2 above.
Subclass:
6
The operation of a track or rail brake is connected up with
the fender operation.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
180, Motor Vehicles, subclasses 275+ as explained in the
reference thereto appearing in subclass 5 above, and see
especially indented subclass 276.
Subclass:
7
A wedge or chock-block engages both the wheel and rail and is
connected in operation with the fender.
Subclass:
8
Brake-shoes for the car-wheels connected for operation with a
fender.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
180, Motor Vehicles, subclasses 275+ as explained in the
reference thereto appearing in subclass 5 above.
Subclass:
9
Motors, usually pneumatic, for fender operation.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
5
Subclass:
10
Electric motors and electromagnets for fender operation and
control.
Subclass:
11
Driving connections from a car axis or wheel for fender
operation. This does not include such devices for the rotary
subclasses 17 to 20.
Subclass:
12
Devices under the control of the motorman for causing the
fender to follow a curved track in a changeable angular
relation to the car.
Subclass:
13
Automatic devices connected to the front truck of a car or
knuckles of an automobile to laterally direct the fender.
Subclass:
14
The interconnection of the fender with the truck and car-body
is such as to eliminate excessive vertical oscillation of the
fender.
Subclass:
15
Boxes, gripping-pads, and wings for catching and retaining a
body.
Subclass:
16
Twin body-grasping members move in horizontal planes.
Subclass:
17
Rotary drums and rollers for engaging bodies and moving them
to a safe position.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
492, Roll or Roller, for a roll, per se, not elsewhere
provided for, and see the notes thereunder.
Subclass:
18
Two driven rolls which in plan form a V diverging from the
front toward the rear.
Subclass:
19
This subclass is indented under subclass 17. Apparatus
comprising a horizontal wheel arranged in front of the car
and having a diameter substantially that of car-truck width.
Subclass:
20
One or more endless body-engaging belts form all or a portion
of the car-fender.
Subclass:
21
Oscillating or reciprocatory devices for positively moving
bodies transversely and to one side of the track.
Subclass:
22
This subclass is indented under subclass 21. except that a
pair of projectors are used, one for each side of the track.
Subclass:
23
This subclass is indented under subclass 21. except that a
member arranged transversely of the vehicle end is designed
to yield rearwardly at one end to effect the shunting of the
body from the track.
Subclass:
24
Fenders which are projected forwardly when a body is to be
engaged.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
11
Subclass:
25
Fenders in which a spring-power is used for projecting the
fender forwardly.
Subclass:
26
This subclass is indented under subclass 25. except that the
fender is thrust forward by spring-actuated plungers, the
spring being concentric with the plunger.
Subclass:
27
Fenders of lazy-tongs form.
Subclass:
28
Fenders which are adapted to slide rearwardly under a
car-platform to get them out of the way when not in use.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
24 25 and 26.
Subclass:
29
This subclass is indented under subclass 28. with the
addition of a vertical foldable fender hinged to the sliding
fender.
Subclass:
30
Bumpers at opposite ends of a vehicle interconnected through
their mounting means so that impact on one is absorbed by the
mounting means of both.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
126 for bumpers extending entirely around a vehicle.
Subclass:
31
A fender at the front of or on the dashboard of a car which
may uphold a body and wheel-guard fender under a
car-platform. The dash-fender usually controls the
wheel-guard fender.
Subclass:
32
The front fender element lifts up usually by a body passing
thereunder, which results in the tripping of the
wheel-fender, so that the body may be caught therein.
Subclass:
33
A vertically-depending trip-gate is located between the dash
and wheel fenders, so that a body not caught by the
dash-fender will operate the trip-gate and drop the
wheel-fender.
Subclass:
34
A fender caused to drop to the lowered position by the
operator working a hand-lever or foot-pedal.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
35
Subclass:
35
This subclass is indented under subclass 34. except that a
depending trip-gate controls the drop-fender.
Subclass:
36
The drop-fender is operated by direct contact with a body or
through a contactor, such as a rope or trigger-bar, connected
to the front end of the drop-fender.
Subclass:
37
Drop-fenders having a body-contact trip, which is a buffer
separate from the drop-fender--that is, the buffer does not
drop with the drop-fender.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
31 and 32.
Subclass:
38
Fenders adapted to catch a body and a front barrier to retain
the body, so that it will not fall from the front of the
fender.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
15
Subclass:
39
The fender has a tilting floor or receiver which tilts
downward toward the rear to retain the body.
Subclass:
40
The fender has an inclined front net, which on receiving a
body pulls up the front end of the fender to retain the
body.
Subclass:
41
An upright apron drops toward the track or may be extended
upwardly away from the track or may be expanded both upwardly
and downwardly.
Subclass:
42
Fenders of general scoop type not otherwise classified.
Subclass:
43
Fenders of scoop type carried at all times on wheels
traveling on the rails.
Subclass:
44
Fenders of scoop type pivotally mounted at the rear or top.
Subclass:
45
Hinged scoop-fenders adapted to fold up in front of the
vehicle.
Subclass:
46
Inclined-net folding fenders with a roller for winding up the
net.
Subclass:
47
Scoop-fender supported by swinging links.
Subclass:
48
Fenders of locomotive-pilot shape, usually intended to
deflect the body to the side of the track.
Subclass:
49
The front of the fender is provided with loose rollers
adapted to facilitate the passage of the body to the side of
the track.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
124 for bar type buffers with rollers.
Subclass:
50
The fender is provided with wings adapted to be extended
laterally from each side of the fender.
Subclass:
53
The body-engaging member is formed of a plurality of fingers
or long teeth.
Subclass:
58
This subclass is indented under the class definition.
Individual wheel-guards extending downwardly in front of each
front wheel to clear objects from the path of the wheel.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
172, Earth Working, subclasses 810+ and 297 for earth
working apparatus which may include an earth working tool in
front of a vehicle wheel.
Subclass:
102
BUFFER OR BUMPER TYPE:
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Devices
being bumper means having an impact member comprising bars,
plates, or other barrier structure attached to the vehicle
body, frame, or other parts for the purpose of fending off
blows from other vehicles or objects.
(1) Note. This and indented subclasses include combinations
of claimed specific bumper structure and such vehicle
structure (e.g., panel, door, etc.) which is modified
specifically to accommodate the bumper or such vehicle
structure with which a bumper otherwise has a specific
cooperative relationship.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
15, Brushing, Scrubbing, and General Cleaning, subclass 45
for carpet sweepers having bumper means attached thereto.
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclasses 633+
for a grille, per se, consisting of either a perforated
sheet, plural members held at spaced intervals, or a single
elongated member shaped to define an area; and subclasses
656.8 and 716.5+ for an in situ attached channel or a trim
strip.
165, Heat Exchange, subclass 98 for a radiator with an
adjustable face covering means.
180, Motor Vehicles, subclass 68.6 for vehicles having
radiator protectors. See also subclasses 274+ for a motor
vehicle provided with a safety promoting means which is
responsive to the engagement of a portion of the perimeter of
the vehicle (e.g., fender) with an external object.
213, Railway Draft Appliances, subclass 9 for cushioned
draft appliances combined with car end buffer means; and
subclasses 220+ for car end bumpers of buffers.
267, Spring Devices, for fluid and other types of springs, as
found, for example, in subclass 116 and 139+ useful in the
construction of a bumper for a vehicle.
280, Land Vehicles, subclass 481 for articulated vehicles
having means by which one vehicle push another vehicle. Also
see subclasses 415.1, 491.1+, 500+, and 505 for articulated
vehicles having means which may include bumper structure or
modification thereof for the purpose of interconnecting the
vehicles. See subclass 770 for vehicle attachments designed
to protect a particular part of the vehicle from externally
caused damage.
Subclass:
103
Having means maintaining bumper distance above road:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device having
means for mounting the bumper means on a vehicle so that as
the vehicle body moves vertically because of irregular road
or ground conditions or because of acceleration or
deceleration, a constant spacing is maintained between the
road and said bumper means.
Subclass:
104
Vibration dampening type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device wherein
the bumper means particularly constructed, either by inherent
design or by the attachment of additional elements (e.g.,
spring), so that, as a unit, the bumper means tends to dampen
shimmy or other undesirable vibration which develops in the
moving vehicle.
Subclass:
105
For use on two or three wheel cycle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device
particularly constructed for attachment to bicycles,
tricycles, or motorcycles.
Subclass:
106
Having a storage compartment:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device having
container means for liquids, gases, or solids for
transportation or storage and means for removing the contents
of said container means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 107+ for bumpers having means for containing a
liquid in gas in the impact member for the purpose of
absorbing an impact force on the bumper.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
224, Package and Article Carriers, subclasses 489+, and 512+
for auxiliary luggage carriers attachable to bumpers.
Subclass:
107
Having fluid means within impact means to absorb energy:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Devices wherein
the impact member has gas or liquid confined therein by a
means which takes advantage of the properties of said gas or
liquid to absorb the force of impact of said member.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
106 for bumpers having means which may be used for storing
and transporting materials such as gases or liquids.
134 for bumpers having fluid shock absorbers interposed
between the impact member and the vehicle structure.
Subclass:
108
Bumper guard:
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Device in which
the liquid or gas is confined in an additional force impact
receiving means which is attached to the main force impact
receiving means or to some other part of the vehicle and the
function of the additional means is to protect a limited
portion only of the main impact receiving means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
115 146+, 149+, for structures which are an addition to the
main impact member and which may also be directly impacted by
other objects.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
280, Land Vehicles, subclasses 500+ and 505 for impact bar
guards designed to serve as trailer hitches.
Subclass:
109
Foam filled impact means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Device in which
the liquid-or gas-confining means is a cellular spongy
material usually made from plastic, rubber, or like
substances.
Subclass:
110
Compartmented impact means:
This subclass is indented under subclass 107. Device in which
the gas or liquid is confined in relatively large isolated
compartments or in compartments having means permitting flow
or the gas or liquid between compartments to thereby absorb
the force of impact.
Subclass:
111.1
With vehicle jack:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device having,
in combination therewith, jack means movable between an
inoperative position and an operation positions, for the
purpose of lifting a vehicle, or a part thereof, off of the
surface on which the vehicle is supported.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling
Force, subclass 133 for a vehicle jack wherein significance
is attributed to the interface between the jack and the
bumper; and subclasses 418+ for a jack attached to a vehicle
at a place other than the bumper.
280, Land Vehicles, subclass 763.1 for a land vehicle having
an attached prop, support or stabilizer.
Subclass:
112
With means to deflect road debris:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device having
shields, plates, or other means attached thereto for the
purpose of fending off stones and other matter thrown from
the roadway by the vehicle when moving.
Subclass:
113
Having vehicle exhaust pipe receiving means or air scoop
opening:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device
constructed with an opening therein which has the function
either to provide a passage therethrough of (a) vehicle
engine exhaust gases or the conduit carrying said exhaust
gases or (b) air forced therethrough as the result of the
motion of the vehicle through the ambient.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
180, Motor Vehicles, subclass 89.2, 296, and 309 for a motor
vehicle provided with means for handling the exhaust of its
motor.
Subclass:
114
With outrigger means extendable laterally from bumper:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device having
means which may be extended from the bumper and laterally
beyond the confines of the vehicle body for the purpose of
providing an outrigger to prevent overturning the vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
119 for a bumper impact member in which all or a section
thereof may be moved in a horizontal place between a
plurality of operative positions by means other than when
impacted by another object.
Subclass:
115
With grille or radiator guard:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device having
attached thereto or integral therewith structure designed to
be located forward of the vehicle radiator for the purpose of
bending off objects which may otherwise damage said
radiator.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 142+ for guards which may be attached to the
bumper impact means for the purpose of protecting a portion
of the bumper and which may extend beyond the vertical limits
of said bumper.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclasses 633+
for vehicle grilles or radiator guards, per se.
Subclass:
116
Convertible:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device which by
adjustment or relative rearrangement of its parts, or by the
addition or omission of a part, is so changed as to become
basic subject matter of another class.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
280, Land Vehicles, subclass 415.1 for articulated vehicles
having bumpers which may be converted to towing means.
Subclass:
117
Combined:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device combined
with a device classified outside this class definition and
not provided for in other classes or in other subclasses in
this class.
(1) Note. In this subclass, for example, are combinations of
bumpers with road brushes, bottle openers, switches, signs,
lights, tool supports, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
40, Card, Picture, or Sign Exhibiting, subclasses 204+ for
signs or license plates mounted on bumpers where bumper
structure is not claimed beyond that necessary to mount the
reflector.
70, Locks, subclasses 237+ for bumpers combined with means
for locking the wheels against steering.
280, Land Vehicles, subclass 830 for bumpers combined with
tank truck dispensing means; and subclasses 500+ and 505 for
land vehicles combined with bumpers which form or carry a
hitch element for connecting another vehicle.
343, Communications: Radio Wave Antennas, subclasses 711+
for antennas combined with, having a part of or common with,
a vehicle bumper.
359, Optics: Systems (Including Communication) and Elements,
subclasses 515+ for signal reflectors which can be mounted
on a vehicle bumper where bumper structure is not claimed
beyond that necessary to mount the reflector.
361, Electricity: Electrical Systems and Devices, subclasses
212+ for discharging or preventing accumulation of electric
charge.
Subclass:
118
Shiftable between operative and inoperative positions other
than by impact:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device having
impact members or portions thereof that may be (a) shifted
between operative and inoperative position or (b) carried in
two or more alternative positions relative to the vehicle.
(1) Note. The alternative positions include other than a
normal impact position such as an extended packing guard
position, a nonuse position including those permitting access
to the vehicle or parts thereof behind the bumper, and those
facilitating release of interengaged objects, positions close
to the ground, or inverted positions involving more than a
mere adjustment of the mounting means to bring the impact
member into a desired permanent position.
(2) Note. Yielding or yieldably mounted bumpers that move
only upon frontal impact with an object are classified
elsewhere in this class.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 107+ 124, 129, and 132, for yielding or yieldably
mounted bumpers that move only upon frontal impact with an
object.
140 for bumper means mounted for vertical adjustment on the
vehicle spring horn.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
224, Package and Article Carriers, subclasses 495+ for
combined tire carriers and movable section bumpers.
280, Land Vehicles, subclass 415.1 for bumpers which may be
converted into towing means; and subclass 491.1+ for draft
means on a vehicle which may be retracted and serve as a
bumper.
Subclass:
119
Horizontally movable to plural operative positions other than
by impact:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device in which
the impact member or a portion thereof is mounted on the
vehicle so that it may be slid or swung horizontally and
longitudinally of the vehicle from one operative position to
another operative position by means other than when impacted
by another object.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
114 for an impact member combined with an outrigger means
which is extendable from the member to a position laterally
of the vehicle.
Subclass:
120
Composite bumper:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device in which
the impact member is constructed of a plurality of diverse
substances permanently and rigidly interconnected to form a
unitary device.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
106 for a bumper impact member useable to store a material
for transportation thereof.
subclasses 107+ for bumper impact means wherein one of the
diverse materials is capable of confining a gas or liquid for
the purpose of absorbing the force of an impact.
142 for guards for bumper impact members which comprise a
narrow strip of material attached to the bumper and extending
longitudinally thereon which is designed to protect a small
portion of the impact member against impact.
Subclass:
121
Covered metal bar:
This subclass is indented under subclass 120. Device in which
one of the materials from which the impact member is
constructed is a solid metallic bar and having a diverse
material completely encasing said bar.
Subclass:
122
Hollow cylinder:
This subclass is indented under subclass 120. Device in which
one of the materials from which the impact member is
constructed is in the form of a tube.
Subclass:
123
Vertically extending only:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device in which
the impact member of members are exclusively vertical in
orientation.
Subclass:
124
Flexible cord or coil spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device having
an impact member comprising chain, rope, wire, elongated
rubber member, or coiled spring.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., subclasses 115+ for
cord and rope holders.
Subclass:
125
Having roller impact member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device wherein
the impact member comprises rotatable means which is free to
rotate when impacted.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
49 for fenders having rollers for guiding engaged bodies out
of the path of the vehicle.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
114, Ships, subclass 220 for roller fenders on ships.
Subclass:
126
Bumper extends along side of vehicle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device which is
designed to fend a blow to the side of a vehicle to which it
is attached.
(1) Note. Fore and aft end bumpers which merely project
around the vehicle corner and are not attached to the sides
are classified on other features.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
52, Static Structures (e.g., Buildings), subclass 716.5 for
an in situ attached channel or trim strip of more general
application which may be disclosed or defined as used with a
vehicle.
280, Land Vehicles, subclasses 847+ for rub strips and
moldings combined with vehicle bodies and mudguards.
296, Land Vehicles: Bodies and Tops, subclass 41 for wear
strips.
Subclass:
127
And completely encircles vehicle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 126. Device wherein
the bumper means extends around both sides and ends of the
vehicle.
Subclass:
128
For side of vehicle only:
This subclass is indented under subclass 126. Device which
extends from the end bumper along the side of the vehicle
body or mudguard and is attached to the vehicle side at least
at one point.
Subclass:
129
Vehicle suspension spring absorbs force exerted on vehicle:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device being
operatively connected to a suspension spring means for the
vehicle whereby the shock force of a blow encountered by said
bumper is dampened by said spring as said force is thereby
transmitted to the vehicle body or frame.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
138 for bumpers mounted on the spring horn of a vehicle
frame.
Subclass:
130
Single piece impact bar having plural loops in horizontal
plane:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device having a
least one impact member which consists of a single elongated
member having a loop or reverse bend located at each lateral
extremity of the vehicle and wherein there is a single
horizontal plane common to each bend.
Subclass:
131
Bumper having lever and shock absorber mount:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device having
lever or other pivoted link means by which an impact force,
exerted against the bumper, is transmitted to a shock
absorbing means intermediate said link and the vehicle body
or frame.
Subclass:
132
Bumper having impact force absorbing means directly
interposed between bumper and vehicle structure:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device in which
a shock dampening means is located intermediate the bumper
impact member and the vehicle body, frame, or mudguard so as
to attenuate the force which would be transmitted initially
to the vehicle when the member impacts an object.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
131 for bumper having a lever and shock absorber mount.
Subclass:
133
One-shot type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Device in which
the usefulness of the shock-dampening means is destroyed as
the result of its use in dampening the force of a single
shock.
(1) Note. This subclass includes one-shot devices which may
be restored to useable condition by an operator-actuated
means only.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
74, Machine Element or Mechanism, subclass 492 for one-shot
type collapsible steering columns.
188, Brakes, subclasses 371+ for a plastically deformable
impact absorber.
213, Railway Draft Appliances, subclass 1 for a one-shot
shock absorber.
Subclass:
134
Fluid shock absorber type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Device in which
the shock-dampening means employs either a compressible fluid
or the restricted flow of either a noncompressible fluid or
compressible fluid as the medium by which the shock force is
attenuated.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 107+ for bumpers in which the impact member
contains a fluid for the purpose of absorbing the force of
impact.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
188, Brakes, subclasses 266+ for fluid type
internal-resistance motion retarders.
Subclass:
135
Spring type:
This subclass is indented under subclass 132. Device in which
the shock-dampening means employs the elasticity of a solid
material as the means by which the shock force is
attenuated.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
267, Spring Devices, subclass 139 for a spring support means
for a bumper where only the spring support is claimed.
Subclass:
136
Elastomeric:
This subclass is indented under subclass 135. Device in which
the shock-dampening material is an elastic rubberlike
substance such as a synthetic rubber or a plastic having some
of the physical properties of rubber.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
267, Spring Devices, subclass 140 for elastomeric support
means for a bumper where only the support is claimed.
Subclass:
137
Coil spring:
This subclass is indented under subclass 135. Device in which
the shock-dampening material is in the form of a spiral.
Subclass:
138
Bumper mounted on vehicle spring supporting frame member
(i.e., spring horn):
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device having
mean attaching the bumper to the curved side frame of the
vehicle to which the end of the vehicle suspension spring is
attached.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
129 for a bumper mounted so that the suspension spring for
the vehicle is also the shock absorbing means for the
bumper.
Subclass:
139
Sectional- or wing-type impact bar:
This subclass is indented under subclass 138. Device in which
the impact member of the bumper comprises two or more
sections in horizontal alignment, said sections may or may
not be connected.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 149+ for sectional- or wing-type impact bars.
Subclass:
140
Vertically adjustable:
This subclass is indented under subclass 138. Device having
means whereby the impact member may be secured in place at
one of several possible vertical locations in a plane
substantially normal to the ground or in an arc about a
horizontal axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
103 for bumpers having means which automatically maintain
the impact member at a given distance vertically above the
ground as the vehicle moves.
118 for bumper impact means mounted on the vehicle for
movement between operative and inoperative positions.
Subclass:
141
Bumper attached to vehicle mudguard:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device having
means to attach the bumper means to the fender or mudguard,
or the bracket therefor, which extends over the vehicle
wheel.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 126+ for bumpers which extend along the side of
a vehicle body and which may be attached to the vehicle
mudguard.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
280, Land Vehicles, subclasses 847+ for land vehicle
mudguards.
Subclass:
142
Bumper guard:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device
comprising a main horizontally extending impact means and
additional impact-receiving means, attachable to said main
impact means or to some other vehicle structure, to protect a
limited portion only of the entire area of said main impact
means against impact by other objects.
(1) Note. The additional impact means may have greater
height than width and may extend beyond the vertical limits
of the main impact means.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
108 for bumper guards having gas or liquid therein for the
purpose of absorbing the force of impact thereon.
115 for bumpers having additional impact means attached
thereto and which extend vertically of the bumper as a means
to protect the vehicle radiator.
subclasses 146+ for vertically spaced impact bars having
means interconnecting said bars which is not intended as a
guard means for said bars.
subclasses 149+ for sectional main impact receiving bumper
means having means which may lay in the plane of impact
merely to interconnect the sections and not as protection
therefor.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
280, Land Vehicles, subclasses 500+ and 505 for impact bar
guards designed to serve as trailer hitches.
Subclass:
143
Increases vertical area of bumper:
This subclass is indented under subclass 142. Device in which
the additional impact-receiving means extends vertically
beyond the upper or lower extremities of the main
horizontally extending impact means.
(1) Note. The vertically extending means has greater height
than width and is less than the length of the main
horizontally extending impact member which it protects.
Subclass:
144
With horizontal member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 143. Device having
horizontally extending means which is spaced vertically from
the main impact means and which is supported in place by the
vertically extending impact means.
Subclass:
145
Spring or pivotally mounted:
This subclass is indented under subclass 143. Device in which
the bumper guard has spring means in the guard or in its
attachment to the main impact means or in which the bumper
guard may have means whereby it may pivot relative to its
support.
(1) Note. The guards in this subclass may be pivoted so that
objects may be removed therefrom, to permit access to other
parts of the vehicle, etc.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
150 for bumpers having horizontally extending sections which
may be mounted to pivot about a vertical axis.
Subclass:
146
Plural impact bars vertically spaced in impact plane:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device having
more than one horizontally extending impact bar means
arranged in a vertical impact plane so that one bar means is
spaced above another bar means.
(1) Note. Clamps for joining vertically spaced impact bars
are in this and indented subclasses except when they are used
or structured for other specific functions, e.g., bumper
guards.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
144 for clamps used as bumper guards with vertically spaced
impact bars.
Subclass:
147
Impact bars intersect in the impact plane:
This subclass is indented under subclass 146. Device in which
a plurality of the vertically spaced impact bar means are
designed to lay in a crossed relation in the impact plane.
(1) Note. The bars may or may not be interconnected at point
where crossed.
Subclass:
148
Impact bars connected at center to support member:
This subclass is indented under subclass 146. Device in which
a plurality of the spaced impact bar means are connected with
a support member, such as a backing bar, approximately at the
midpoint between the lateral extremities of the impact bar
means.
Subclass:
149
Sectional- or wing-type impact bars:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device having
impact bar like means made up of two or more sections in
horizontal alignment, said sections may or may not be
connected.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
139 for a sectional- or wing-type bumper mounted on the
vehicle spring horn.
Subclass:
150
End section pivotable upon impact:
This subclass is indented under subclass 149. Device wherein
the impact sections of the bumper located relative the
lateral extremities of the vehicle are mounted either to the
vehicle or another section of the bumper for pivotal motion
about a vertical axis upon impact of said section with
another object.
(1) Note. Bumpers in which the pivotally mounted section may
break away or otherwise become disengaged from its support
after having swung a predetermined arc, are included herein.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
118 for a bumper in which the impact member or a portion
thereof may be moved between operative and inoperative
positions by means other than impact means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
16, Miscellaneous Hardware, subclasses 277+ for spring
hinges, per se.
Subclass:
151
Having means to interconnect sections:
This subclass is indented under subclass 149. Device having
means by which said impact sections are interconnected.
(1) Note. Included in this subclass are those bumpers in
which the means interconnecting the impact sections is offset
from the impact plane of said impact sections usually to
accommodate mounting a spare tire or the like.
Subclass:
152
Interconnect means lies in bumper impact plane:
This subclass is indented under subclass 151. Device in which
the means interconnecting the impact sections is itself in
the impact plane of the impact sections.
Subclass:
153
Overlapping bar portions:
This subclass is indented under subclass 152. Device in which
the impact sections are overlappingly connected to form a
continuous impact member.
Subclass:
154
End connections:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device having
means connecting the extreme ends of the impact member and
the supporting structure for said impact member.
(1) Note. End connectors, per se, are in this subclass where
the sole disclosed use is with a vehicle bumper.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
subclasses 146+ for plural vertically spaced impact members
having end connections with support means.
155 for other joints and connections.
Subclass:
155
Joints and connections:
This subclass is indented under subclass 102. Device having
means by which the bumper assembly may be connected to the
vehicle frame, body, or other vehicle structure, or means by
which various parts of the bumper assembly may be connected
together.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
154 for connection by which the extreme ends of the impact
member are connected to its support means.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS:
24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., subclasses 115+ for
cord and rope holders; and subclasses 455+ for clasps.
248, Supports, subclasses 200+ for bracket-type supports of
general utility.
403, Joints and Connections, appropriate subclasses for
joints of general application.
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Last Modified: 6 October 2000