Logging tractor bumper

Claim 1

FOR A VEHICLE HAVING A LONGITUDINAL BODY INCLUDING AN END PORTION CARRIED ON AND BETWEEN A PAIR OF SIMILAR COAXIALLY SPACED APART WHEELS OF SUCH DIAMETER THAT PERIPHERAL PORTIONS OF THE WHEELS EXTEND LONGITUDINALLY BEYOND SAID PORTION, LOG HANDLING MEANS INCLUDING A LOG BUMPER IN THE FORM OF A U-SHAPED STRUCTURE HAVING A TRANSVERSE, PLATE-LIKE GENERALLY UPRIGHT CENTRAL PART ADAPTED FOR DISPOSITION CLOSELY ADJACENT TO AND SECURED TO SAID BODY END PORTION AND INCLUDING TRANSVERSE UPPER AND LOWER EDGES, SAID STRUCTURE FURTHER HAVING A PAIR OF WINGS JOINED TO AND EXTENDING GENERALLY LONGITUDINALLY RESPECTIVELY FROM OPPOSITE END PORTIONS OF SAID CENTRRAL PART RESPECTIVELY ALONGSIDE THE INNER FACES OF THE WHEELS AT THE PERIPHERAL PORTIONS THEREOF THAT EXTEND BEYOND SAID BODY END PORTIONS, THE JUNCTION OF EACH WING WITH THE CENTRAL PART BEING CURVED ABOUT AN APPRECIABLE RADIUS, EACH WING HAVING UPPER AND LOWER EDGES THAT ARE RESPECTIVELY CONTINUOUS OF THE UPPER AND LOWER EDGES OF SAID CENTRAL PART, THE EDGES OF EACH WING CONVERGING IN THE DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE CENTRAL PART TO GIVE EACH WING A GENERALLY TRIANGULAR SHAPE, AND A BORDERING ELEMENT RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID STRUCTURE ABOUT THE PERIPHERY THEREOF AS DEFINED BY SAID EDGES AND AFFORDING THE OUTERMOST MARGIN OF SAID STRUCTURE, SAID ELEMENT BEING OF ROUNDED SECTION HAVING A CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSION GREATER THAN THE THICKNESS OF SAID WINGS AND CENTRAL PART.