Patent ID: 7997823

Claim:
A parking bumper shell formed of injection-molded plastic, to be later filled with a form setting heavy filling material, comprising: a top wall; first and second side walls respectively extending from opposite sides of the top wall; first and second end walls respectively extending from opposite sides of the top wall, and respectively connecting adjacent ends of the respective first and second side walls, so as to form an open-bottom chamber; one or more undercuts formed on one or more of the top wall, first side wall, and second side wall, and extending inward along at least one of the first or second side wall; and at least one inwardly-projecting extension, formed on the top wall, for retainably holding an anchoring post used to secure a filled parking bumper shell to a ground or other supporting surface, wherein the inwardly projecting extension is sized to receive an inwardly projecting extension of a second parking bumper shell when the parking bumper shells are nested, wherein each inwardly projecting extension has a ledge to receive an associated washer to seat an associated anchoring post, and a cap to cover off the inwardly projecting extension when the anchoring post is seated therewithin, and wherein each inwardly projecting extension further comprises: an inwardly projecting neck for securing the anchoring post within the inwardly projecting extension; and one or more inwardly projecting fins for securing the anchoring post within the inwardly projecting extension, wherein the inwardly projecting fins are disposed above the inwardly projecting neck, wherein the neck includes a neck opening formed therein for grippingly receiving a parking surface-engaging anchoring post extended therethrough, to assist in selectively securing the parking bumper shell to the ground, and wherein the opening comprises a keyway-shaped aperture, the periphery of which is adapted to partially deform, depending upon the overall outer dimension of the ground-engaging anchoring post extended therethrough, to thereby enable gripping receipt of a plurality of different sizes of such ground-engaging anchoring posts.