Patent ID: 6962379

Claim:
A bumper shock absorbing structure for a vehicle body, comprising: a bumper beam having a closed cross section including a front plate portion and a rear plate portion and first, second, and third plate portions in three stages perpendicular to the front and rear plate portions, said bumper beam also including protruding portions which protrude in opposite directions, wherein said first, second, and third plate portions and said protruding portions acting as ribs function to strengthen said bumper beam against a shock, each of said protruding portions having a sloping chamfered portion or a curved chamfered portion formed to extend from a front side of said bumper beam; a shock absorbing member made from a resin and having attaching portions adapted to ride over the respective protruding portions due to elastic deformation so as to be locked onto a longitudinally inward side of the protruding portions, each of said attaching portions having a sloping chamfered portion or a curved chamfered portion formed to extend from a rear side of said shock absorbing member to a side which is closer to the opposing attaching portion, wherein said attaching portions and said protruding portions function as an efficient attaching structure for said shock absorbing member to said bumper beam.