| US 7,461,877 B2 | ||
| Bumper protection system | ||
| Pauline Elizabeth Bailey, P.O. Box 171, Queens Village, N.Y. 11428-0171 (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 10, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/400,946. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0236024 A1, Oct. 11, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60R 19/44 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 293—142 | 15 Claims |
| 1. A vehicle bumper protection system comprising:
a control unit configured for selectively outputting a first control signal and a second control signal;
an expandable protective cover configured for being attached to a bumper of a vehicle, wherein said protective cover is normally
in a non-expanded condition; and wherein a bumper engagement surface of said protective cover is contoured to mate substantially
flush with a mating portion of the bumper; said protective cover includes a license plate exposure feature; and edges of the
license plate exposure feature at least partially encompass a license plate mounting region of the bumper for enabling visibility
of the license plate mounting region of the bumper when said protective cover is attached to the bumper; and
an expansion apparatus connected to the control unit and to said protective cover, wherein the expansion apparatus acts on
said protective cover for causing said protective cover to expand to an expanded condition when the first control signal is
outputted by the control unit and when the expansion apparatus causes said protective cover to return to the non-expanded
condition when the second control signal is outputted by the control unit.
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