Motor vehicle safety frame

Claim 1

IN A FRAME CONSTRUCTION FOR THE FRONT OR REAR REGION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE INCLUDING A BODY PROVIDED WITH AN APERTURE IN AN ESSENTIALLY TRANSVERSE PLANE OF THE VEHICLE AT LEAST AT ONE END THEREOF, A PLURALITY OF FRONT AND REAR VEHICLE WHEELS, AND A MAIN FRAME MEANS INCLUDING LONGITUDINAL BEARER MEANS EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY IN THE PLANE OF THE FRONT AND REAR WHEELS OF THE RESPECTIVE VEHICLE SIDES AND ACROSS BEARER MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID LONGITUDINAL BEARER MEANS, THE IMPROVEMENT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF MEANS FOR EFFECTIVELY EXTENDING SAID LONGITUDINAL BEARER MEANS TO A RESPECTIVE VEHICLE END AND FOR EXHIBITING A DECREASING RESISTANCE AGAINST IMPACTS IN THE DIRECTION FROM SAID LONGITUDINAL BEARER MEANS TOWARD SAID VEHICLE END, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF STRUCTURAL AND CONNECTING PARTS, AND MEANS EFFECTIVELY INTERCONNECTING SUCCESSIVE ONES OF SAID PARTS WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH SAID LONGITUDINAL BEARER MEANS, SAID PLURALITY OF PARTS INDIVIDUALY EXHIBITING A DECREASING RESISTANCE AGAINST IMPACTS IN THE DIRECTION FROM SAID LONGITUDINAL BEARER MEANS TOWARD SAID VEHICLE END, SAID STRUCTURAL AND CONNECTING PARTS INCLUDING AT LEAST AT ONE END OF THE VEHICLE ARCUATELY SHAPED FIRST ELEMENTS CONNECTED TO RESPECTIVE LONGITUDINAL BEARER MEANS AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE VEHICLE AND SURROUNDING AT LEAST IN PART RESPECTIVE VEHICLE WHEELS, AN EXTENSION FOR EACH OF SAID FIRST ELEMENTS OPERATIVELY SECURED THERETO, A SECOND ELEMENT COVERING AT LEAST IN PART SAID APERTURE IN SAID BODY, FURTHER CONNECTING MEANS INCLUDING SAID EXTENSIONS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING EACH OF SAID FIRST ELEMENTS WITH SAID SECOND ELEMENT, A BULGE-SHAPED RIM MEMBER FOR SAID SECOND ELEMENT, SAID RIM MEMBER FORMING THE END OF SAID VEHICLE, AND A PLURALITY OF COMPRESSIBLE MEANS FOR SECURING SAID BULGE-SHAPED RIM MEMBER ON SAID SECOND ELEMENT.