Patent ID: 7950706

Claim:
A bumper guard comprising an elongated main body having a hollow interior, a rounded forward wall, a rear wall having a planar surface, a pair of opposing side flanges extending rearward from said forward wall and said rear wall, said side flanges each extending rearward a distance less than the width of said rear wall, and a magnet-receiving recess positioned in said rear wall; and a magnetic mounting member adapted to retain said guard on a metal structural member, said magnetic mounting member positioned within said magnet-receiving recess; wherein the combination of said rear wall and said side flanges defines a means for receiving an elongated, generally rectangular portion of said structural member to be protected, wherein said rear wall and said side flanges abut said elongated, generally rectangular portion of said structural member; whereby said forward wall of said guard collapses to absorb force occurring from the frontal direction, and further whereby said guard is disengaged from said structural member when angular or lateral forces sufficient to overcome the magnetic attraction force occur, the rearward extension of said side flanges being insufficient to prevent such disengagement.