| 摘要 |
A breakawy fender guide for a vehicle has an upright elongated tube member yieldably mounted to the vehicle bumper by means of a breakaway hinge member attached to the lower portion of the guide. Upon mounting the hinge provides for a selected displacement of the guide from the side of the vehicle to provide a visual marker to the vehicle operator indicating the outboard side thereof. A hinge pin threaded at the ends thereof engages a nut/washer combination in an adjustable bearing relationship against the barrel sections of the respective leaves of the hinge for variously adjusting the force needed to urge the hinge into breakaway movement so as to move the guide from the selected position. Furthermore, the hinge provides operator positioning of the fender guide in an aligned position with the bumper of the vehicle so as to meet all state and federal highway width requirements as well as provides for movement of the guide from the selected position in response to forceful contact with an obstruction extending into the vehicle outboard limit during critical maneuvering thereof. The tubular fender guide is tapered and tapped at the top end thereof so as to present a reduced internal rim that mates a threaded light assembly to the top of the fender guide.
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