Shock absorbing and indicating impact bumper and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7779975
APP PUB NO 20080111386A1
SERIAL NO

11558081

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Disclosed herein is a shock absorbing and indicating bumper. The bumper includes, a spherical shaped body with a surface mountable to a corner of a device to which shock is to be absorbed. The bumper includes a crushable conical member engaged with a conical recess of the spherical shaped body, the crushable conical member having a hole therethrough from the vertex to the center of the base, and a shell with a substantially hollow semispherical shape slidably engaged with a surface of the spherical shaped body. The bumper further includes a rigid shaft with a first end fixedly attached to a central portion of the hollowed side of the shell and a second end pivotally engaged with the spherical shaped body at substantially the center of the spherical shaped body, the shaft extending through the hole in the crushable member and aligned thereby.

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  • LINKEDIN CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Boraas, Michael A Elgin, US 18 112

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