Patent ID: 7188875

Claim:
Underrun protection for vehicles of the type that includes a wheel-carried chassis ( 1 ) having a platform ( 4 ), comprising: a stiff sheet unit ( 6 ) fastenable on the vehicle and which has the purpose of partly covering the free space under the platform ( 4 ), thereby counteracting running-in under the platform by other vehicles, the sheet unit ( 6 ) comprising a first box ( 27 ), which is composed of a bottom wall ( 29 ) and a border ( 30 ) located along the periphery thereof, and which is articulatedly connected to at least one fastening unit ( 7 ) mountable on the vehicle in order to be able to be turned between a folded-down, underrun-protecting position, and a folded-out position in which the space under the platform ( 4 ) is made accessible, and a second box ( 28 ) for enclosing an information carrier ( 37 ) and which comprises a transparent sheet ( 34 ) and a frame ( 31 ) surrounding the same, said frame being articulatedly connected to the border ( 30 ) of the first box in order to be turned between a folded-in position in the first box ( 27 ) and a folded-out position in which the information carrier ( 37 ) is exchangeable, wherein the second box ( 28 ) of the sheet unit is inwardly open and provided with a circumfering sealing ( 36 ) arranged to be sealingly pressed against a transparent sheet ( 39 ) on the outside of the information carrier ( 37 ), as well as against the inside of the border ( 30 ) of the first box ( 27 ).