Motor-activated cushioning bumper

Claim 1

IN A VEHICLE HAVING A CHASSIS INCLUDING TWO LONGITUDINAL FRAME MEMBERS, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: (A) SHOCK ABSORBER UNITS ASSOCIATED ONE EACH WITH SAID FRAME MEMBERS, (B) HORIZONTALLY ALIGNED IDENTICAL BUMPER BARS CARRIED ONE EACH BY SAID UNITS, (C) MEANS MOUNTING SAID UNITS ONE EACH TO SAID FRAME MEMBERS, (D) EACH OF SAID COMPRISING AN ELONGATED AIR CYLINDER OPEN AT ITS FORWARD END AND CLOSED AT ITS REARWARD END, (E) AN ANNULAR LIMIT STOP SECURED WITHIN SAID AIR CYLINDER AT SAID FORWARD OPEN END THEREOF, (F) A FLUID PRESSURE CONDUIT IN OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID AIR CYLINDER AT THE REARWARD END THEREOF, (G) A HOLLOW PISTON SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL IN LENGTH WITH THAT OF SAID AIR CYLINDER MOUNTED THEREWITHIN AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID ANNULAR LIMIT STOP, (H) AN ANNULAR LIMIT STOP SECURED WITHIN SAID HOLLOW PISTON AT THE REARWARD END THEREOF, (I) AN ANNULAR LIMIT STOP SECURED WITHIN SAID HOLLOW (J) MEANS PERMANENTLY SECURING EACH OF SAID BUMPER BARS TO SAID FORWARD ENDS OF ITS RESPECTIVE HOLLOW PISTON, (K) A FLOATING PISTON SLIDABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOLLOW PISTON, (L) A COMPRESSION SPRING WITHIN SAID HOLLOW PISTON AND DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID BUMPER BAR SECURING MEANS AND SAID FLOATING PISTON WHEREBY IMPACT FORCES OF HEAD-ON COLLISION WILL BE ABSORBED BY BOTH OF SAID UNITS, AND LIKE FORCES TO EITHER OF THE UNITS WILL BE ABSORBED THEREBY INDIVIDUALLY.