Patent ID: 7740295

Claim:
A bumper guard for a vehicle comprising: sleeves, said sleeves attached to a vehicle through holes of a license plate, said sleeves having a tapered portion; and a bumper guard having a first piece and a second piece, said first piece having sleeve grooves and a locking mechanism, said sleeve grooves being dimensioned and configured to receive said sleeves, said locking mechanism comprising a cam and rods, said rods are dimensioned and configured to slide under and past the tapered portion of the sleeves, and, said second piece is connected to said first piece and is dimensioned and configured to rest over a bumper of the vehicle, wherein, after said sleeves are disposed in said sleeve grooves, said cam is rotated to extend the rods into a generally linear arrangement, said rods sliding under and past the tapered portion of the sleeves to lock the bumper guard 10 in place.