Patent ID: 6254151
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A crossing arm assembly that pivotally attaches to a bumper at the front end of a vehicle to block pedestrian traffic from crossing immediately in front of the vehicle when the vehicle is stopped, the crossing arm assembly comprising:a mouting bracket configured to fixedly mount to the front bumper of a vehicle, the front bumper having a front surface having a profile common to the bumpers of other vehicles of the same make and model;an elongated beam having an inner end pivotally supported on the mounting bracket;the mounting bracket including a bracket adapter that has a back surface having a profile contoured to complement the profile of the front surface of the bumper, and that is interchangeable with other bracket adapters having different back surface profiles contoured to conform to correspondingly different from surface bumper profiles of other vehicle makes and models.