Patent ID: 9132795
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A bumper apparatus for a vehicle having a front bumper coupled to a front portion of the vehicle and a rear bumper coupled to a rear portion of the vehicle and having a frame extending therebetween, said bumper apparatus, comprising: a vehicle having a frame comprising a plurality of frame members; a bumper guard having a first end and a second end, said bumper guard shaped and configured so as to position said first end of said bumper guard at an end of said vehicle and said second end of said bumper guard at a side of said vehicle; a first attachment mechanism removably connecting said bumper guard to said frame of said vehicle at said end of said vehicle so as to extend an end section of said bumper guard outwardly of an existing bumper at said end of said vehicle; wherein said first attachment mechanism includes a plate mounting member configured to abut a side of a respective frame member of the vehicle frame; a second attachment mechanism removably connecting said bumper guard to said frame of said vehicle at said side of said vehicle so as to extend a side section of said bumper guard outwardly from said side of said vehicle and across one of a forward portion and a rearward portion of said vehicle; wherein said second attachment mechanism includes another plate mounting member configured to abut a side of another respective frame member and includes a prong mounting member configured to abut a bottom of a respective frame member; wherein: