Patent ID: 7611176

Claim:
A safety bumper system comprising, in combination: a high profile vehicle having a frame and at least one bumper; first and second vertical members each having a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion of each of the first and second vertical members adapted to be directly coupled to the frame of the high profile vehicle proximate the bumper so that the bottom portion of the first and second vertical members extends substantially below the frame and bumper of the high profile vehicle to direct a force of a collision to the frame of the high profile vehicle to prevent the high profile vehicle from going on top of a lower profile vehicle; wherein the vertical members are adapted to be coupled so that a bottom portion thereof is approximately nine inches above a surface of a road; impact pads coupled to a front surface of the first and second vertical members, wherein each impact pad comprises an upper region and a lower region, wherein an outer surface of the lower region slopes outwardly and includes a plurality of substantially horizontal grooves and wherein an outer surface of the upper region being substantially flat; and means for attaching the first and second vertical members to the frame of the high profile vehicle.