Patent ID: 8029209
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: B63B,E02B,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A bumper rigidly connected to a surface of a first object to thereby protect the first object from damage due to a force applied by a second object, the bumper comprising: a member having a proximate portion rigidly connected to the first object, the proximate portion extending away from the first object and transitioning into a middle portion substantially parallel to the surface of the first object, the middle portion transitioning into a distal portion, the distal portion extending toward the first object and terminating at a free end, the member thereby defining a compression space between the first object and the member; the member operable to collapse into the compression space when the second object applies a force to the member; and the middle portion having a front side facing the second object, the front side having a low coefficient of kinetic friction when the second object slides against the middle portion.