Patent ID: 7201412

Claim:
A vehicle bumper comprising: a bumper beam extending transversely of a vehicle; a bumper face covering a front surface of the bumper beam; and an energy-absorbing member interposed between said bumper beam and said bumper face, wherein; the bumper beam includes a flat vertical surface at least at a front surface thereof, the energy-absorbing member is made from a foam material and has an L-shaped cross-section including a body extending from the vertical surface toward the bumper face and a head extending vertically from one of a front upper surface or a front lower surface of the body, said energy absorbing member head and said bumper beam front surface are disposed a distance from one another so as to define a space therebetween, and wherein, when the bumper is subjected to a load, the head and the body of the energy absorbing member are compressed toward the bumper beam and deform into the space.