Device for preventing engagement of vehicle bumper with garage wall

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR PREVENTING THE ENGAGEMENT OF A VEHICLE BUMBER WITH THE WALL OF A GARAGE AND WHEREIN THE VEHICLE BUMPER OVERHANGES AN ADJACENT WHEEL OF THE VEHICLE, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A FIRST FRAME HAVING AN ELONGATED END PORTION FOR LONGITUDINAL DISPOSITION ADJACENT TO THE GARAGE WALL AND THE GARAGE FLOOR, A SECOND FRAME HAVING AN ELONGATED ABUTMENT PORTION IN GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID END PORTION AND THE GARAGE WALL AND ADJACENT TO THE GARAGE FLOOR FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE VEHICLE WHEEL, COOPERATING FRAME MEMBERS SECURING THE END PORTION AND ABUTMENT PORTION TOGETHER, THE DISTANCE OF SAID ABUTMENT PORTION FROM SAID END PORTION BEING AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT THE VEHICLE WHEEL TO ENGAGE SAID ABUTMENT WITH THE VEHICLE BUMPER SPACED FROM THE GARAGE WALL AND BETWEEN THE WALL SAID ABUTMENT, AND MEANS FOR HINGING THE FIRST FRAME TO THE GARAGE FOR SWINGING ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE GARAGE FLOOR TO PERMIT THE TWO FRAMES TO BE SWUNG AS A UNIT FROM AN OPERATIVE GENERALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION ADJACENT TO THE GARAGE FLOOR TO AN UPWARDLY PROJECTING STORAGE POSITION ALONG THE GARAGE WALL, THE HINGE MEANS BEING MOUNTED WITH THE HINGE AXIS ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF THE ADJACENT FRAME TO PERMIT SAID SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID FRAMES, THE ELONGATED ABUTMENT PORTION BEING SECURED TO THE FRAME MEMBERS AT A LOCATION NO HIGHER FROM THE FLOOR THAN IS SAID HINGE AXIS, AND MEANS FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING THE FRAMES IN THEIR STORAGE POSITION.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR PREVENTING THE ENGAGEMENT OF A VEHICLE BUMBER WITH THE WALL OF A GARAGE AND WHEREIN THE VEHICLE BUMPER OVERHANGES AN ADJACENT WHEEL OF THE VEHICLE, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A FIRST FRAME HAVING AN ELONGATED END PORTION FOR LONGITUDINAL DISPOSITION ADJACENT TO THE GARAGE WALL AND THE GARAGE FLOOR, A SECOND FRAME HAVING AN ELONGATED ABUTMENT PORTION IN GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID END PORTION AND THE GARAGE WALL AND ADJACENT TO THE GARAGE FLOOR FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE VEHICLE WHEEL, COOPERATING FRAME MEMBERS SECURING THE END PORTION AND ABUTMENT PORTION TOGETHER, THE DISTANCE OF SAID ABUTMENT PORTION FROM SAID END PORTION BEING AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO PERMIT THE VEHICLE WHEEL TO ENGAGE SAID ABUTMENT WITH THE VEHICLE BUMPER SPACED FROM THE GARAGE WALL AND BETWEEN THE WALL SAID ABUTMENT, AND MEANS FOR HINGING THE FIRST FRAME TO THE GARAGE FOR SWINGING ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE GARAGE FLOOR TO PERMIT THE TWO FRAMES TO BE SWUNG AS A UNIT FROM AN OPERATIVE GENERALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION ADJACENT TO THE GARAGE FLOOR TO AN UPWARDLY PROJECTING STORAGE POSITION ALONG THE GARAGE WALL, THE HINGE MEANS BEING MOUNTED WITH THE HINGE AXIS ABOVE THE BOTTOM OF THE ADJACENT FRAME TO PERMIT SAID SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID FRAMES, THE ELONGATED ABUTMENT PORTION BEING SECURED TO THE FRAME MEMBERS AT A LOCATION NO HIGHER FROM THE FLOOR THAN IS SAID HINGE AXIS, AND MEANS FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING THE FRAMES IN THEIR STORAGE POSITION.