Retracting door bumper for vehicles

Claim 1

A RETRACTING DOOR BUMPER FOR VEHICLES COMPRISING A BUMPER MOUNTED ON A DOOR OF THE VEHICLE FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN AN INOPERATIVE RETRACTED POSITION AND AN OPERATIVE PROJECTED POSITION EXTERIORLY OF THE DOOR TO PROTECT A PORTION OF THE DOOR FROM STRIKING AN ADJACENT OBJECT, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE BUMPER FOR HOLDING THE BUMPER IN ITS RETRACTED POSITION, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE BUMPER FOR PROJECTING THE BUMPER TO ITS OPERATIVE POSITION, SAID BUMPER HOLDING MEANS COMPRISING A PIVOTALLY MOUNTED MEMBER, A SPRING HAVING ONE END CONNECTED TO THE DOOR AND ITS OTHER END CONNECTED TO SAID MEMBER ON ONE SIDE OF THE PIVOT OF SAID MEMBER AND A DRAW ELEMENT HAVING ONE END CONNECTED TO SAID MEMBER ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE PIVOT OF SAID MEMBER AS THAT ON WHICH THE SPRING IS CONNECTED AND ITS OTHER END SECURED TO THE BUMPER SO THAT THE SPRING MOVES THE MEMBER TO A POSITION IN WHICH THE DRAW ELEMENT IS PULLED IN A DIRECTION TO RETRACT THE BUMPER, SAID MEANS FOR OVERCOMING THE FORCE OF SAID BUMPER-HOLDING MEANS COMPRISING A SECOND DRAW ELEMENT THAT HAS ONE END SECURED TO THE DOOR FRAME AND ITS OTHER END SECURED TO SAID MEMBER ON THE SIDE OF THE PIVOT THEREOF OPPOSITE TO THAT IN WHICH THE SPRING IS SECURED, THE LENGTH OF THE SECOND DRAW ELEMENT BEING SUCH THAT IT EXERTS NO PULL ON SAID MEMBER WHILE THE DOOR IS CLOSED BUT WHILE THE DOOR IS BEING OPENED WILL EXERT A PULL ON SAID MEMBER IN A DIRECTION TO OVERCOME THE FORCE OF THE SPRING ON SAID MEMBER AND MOVE SAID MEMBER SO THAT PLAY IS INDUCED IN SAID FIRST DRAW ELEMENT AND THE MEANS FOR PROJECTING THE BUMPER TO ITS OPERATIVE POSITION COMES INTO PLAY.