Telescoping Vehicle Safety Guard

摘要

A safety guard for a vehicle, such as a school or transit bus, tractor trailer or the like-type vehicle, includes a guard positioned in front of a wheel of the vehicle that will function to push individuals and other animate objects out of the path of the wheels for safety purposes, while being mounted for movement to protect the guard from damage upon abutting an inanimate object during operation of the vehicle.

主权项

1. A method of deflecting animate body parts from becoming located in front of a wheel of a vehicle including a body having at least one side panel, a pair of front steerable wheels spaced in a transverse direction of the body of the vehicle, at least one pair of transversely spaced rear wheels which are longitudinally spaced from the front steerable wheels, and a door provided along the at least one side panel, said method comprising:
securing a mounting component to the body of the vehicle; attaching a guard piece to the first mounting component such that the guard piece is located in an operational position forward of the wheel; deflecting an animate body part from a path of the wheel by direct engagement with the guard piece in the operational position during movement of the vehicle so as to prevent the animate body part from being run-over and crushed by the wheel; and shifting the guard piece from the operational position inwardly relative to the body during movement of the vehicle upon engagement of the guard piece with an inanimate object to prevent damage to the guard piece by the inanimate object and then automatically re-shifting the guard piece back to the operational position.