Patent ID: 11891004
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle external side protector comprising:
two vertically moveable guards each comprising two pieces capable of pivoting relative to one another;
a pivot mechanism connecting the two pieces of each vertically moveable guard;
a connecting guard connecting the two vertically moveable guards;
a track for each vertically moveable guard dimensioned to be stored underneath a vehicle and able to slide out from underneath the vehicle, wherein each track comprises an endpoint block;
a linear force applicator configured to apply a force to the vertically moveable guards in the tracks, wherein the force deploys the vertically moveable guards from underneath the vehicle along the track by pushing the vertically moveable guards in the tracks in a first direction towards and into the endpoint blocks, wherein the force from the endpoint blocks on the vertical guards causes the two pieces thereof to upwardly fold up from the bottom of the vehicle toward the vehicle top into a protective configuration;
wherein the linear force applicator also applies a force in the opposite direction of the first direction to the vertically moveable guards to fold down the vertical guards from the protective position until the vertical guards are back in the tracks in a horizontal position; and the vertically moveable guards retract to underneath the vehicle in parallel plane to the vehicle's undercarriage in a storage configuration.