Patent ID: 6425624
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A bumper for a motor vehicle, comprising:a side portion shaped to extend substantially in a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle, the side portion having a closing portion to be secured to a mudguard of the motor vehicle and a cover visible from outside the motor vehicle, an incline portion provided on the closing portion, the incline portion having a sliding surface inclined from the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a screw having a head comprising a sliding plate, the sliding surface of the incline portion being displaceably guided on the sliding plate of the screw between a closed position and an open position, the screw being securable to the mudguard of the motor vehicle; and a clip on the incline portion for retaining the sliding surface of the incline portion in the closed position; whereby in the closed position, the sliding plate of the screw is held on the sliding surface of the incline portion, and, in the event a force is applied to the bumper, the sliding surface of the incline portion slides over the sliding plate of the screw into the open position in which the side portion protrudes outwardly from a side of the mudguard of the motor vehicle.