Safety crash tray for vehicles

Claim 1

A COMBINED SAFETY DEVICE AND UTILITY TRAY FOR VEHICLES HAVING A SEAT STRUCTURE FOR PASSENGERS COMPRISING (A) A RIGID FRONT BEAM POSITIONED AHEAD OF AND PARALLEL TO SAID SEAT STRUCTURE, AND (B) A PAIR OF LINKS CONNECTING SAID BEAM REARWARDLY OF SAID BEAM TO ANCHORING LUGS FIRMLY ATTACHED TO SAID VEHICLE, AND (C) CRUSHABLE MATERIAL MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID LINKS AND ABUTTING SAID BEAM AND EXTENDING TO REAR OF SAID BEAM SO AS TO FORM A FLAT TRAY WITH SAID BEAM, SAID TRAY BEING BOUNDED BY SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACES, SAID CRUSHABLE MATERIAL AND SAID BEAM HAVING THEIR GREATEST CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSIONS LYING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID SURFACES, AND (D) MOUNTING MEANS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY AND UPWARDLY FROM OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID BEAM AND CONNECTING SAID BEAM PIVOTALLY TO SAID VEHICLE ENABLING THE REAR OF SAID TRAY TO BE POSITIONED ADJACENT TO THE BODIES OF SAID PASSENGERS WHEREBY SUDDEN DECELERATION OF SAID VEHICLE FROM A HIGH FORWARD SPEED WILL CAUSE SAID CRUSHABLE MATERIAL TO BE CRUSHED BETWEEN SAID PASSENGERS AND SAID BEAM, THEREBY ABSORBING A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF IMPACT ENERGY AND DECLERATING SAID PASSENGERS AT A CONTROLLED RATE THROUGH A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE.