Patent ID: 6739634
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B60R,B62D,Y02T

Abstract:
A vehicle impact protective apparatus used in conjunction with a vehicle having at least a hood, a front bumper, and two front fenders on either side of the hood, the hood being defined by two side edges adjacent a respective front fender and a hood channel between an edge of the hood and its adjacent fender, the apparatus comprising:a. a one-piece hood shield which is sized to cover the entire hood of said vehicle and conforms to the shape of the front portion of the vehicle and the front fenders of the vehicle when laid over said hood and said front fenders; b. four retaining blocks, with a respective one retaining block spaced on said hood adjacent one of the side edges of said hood; c. said each retaining block having a top surface, a bottom surface and an interior transverse slotted opening extending for most of the length of said each retaining block and located adjacent the side edge of the vehicle hood proximate the location of said each retaining block, the top surface of said each retaining block affixed to said one piece hood shield; d. at least one suction cup member affixed on said bottom surface of said each retaining block which serves to temporary retain said each retaining block on said vehicle hood; e. a mating clip attaching member for said each retaining block and having an upper elongated section sized to fit into said interior transverse slotted opening of said each retaining block and secured thereto, a middle section and a lower section forming a channel between the middle section and the lower section which is dimensioned to accommodate a portion of a side edge of the vehicle hood, and a vertical section joining the upper elongated section and the middle section and the lower section and sized to permit the upper elongated section to fit into the interior slotted opening of a retaining block while simultaneously permitting the channel between the middle section and the lower section to receive a portion of a side edge of the vehicle hood, a portion of the vertical section resting within a hood channel; f. means for moving said middle section and said lower section of said mating clip attaching member towards each other such that said channel squeezes and secures said portion of said side edge of said vehicle hood thereto; g. an impact gel-air bumper which is sized to cover the front bumper of the vehicle and being adapted to rest along the front bumper of the vehicle, the gel-pac bumper detachably attached to said hood shield and extends downwardly therefrom for absorbing impacts when said vehicle strikes an object; and h. a full length hollow flexible spring loaded spoiler hingeably connected to a bottom of said gel-air bumper such that the flexible spoiler swivels downwardly away from the vehicle without breaking when the spoiler strikes an object and automatically springs back to its original position ready for another impact.