Patents by Inventor Alex D. Constas

Alex D. Constas has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5000499
    Abstract: A deflectable vehicle bumper has a central frame member attachable to a front of a vehicle, and a pair of laterally extending wing members for protruding beyond the side of the vehicle, each wing member being substantially coplanar with the central frame member and attached thereto. Each wing member comprises a rigid plate having an inner end portion overlapping and detachably secured to the central frame member, and each plate has a vertical line of weakness constituting a fracture line outside the inner end portion, the fracture line ensuring that the plate fractures when a predetermined rearward force is applied thereto. A strip of resilient material is sandwiched between the overlapping plate and central frame member, the strip of resilient material being attached to the plate on each side of the fracture line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Marenco Ltd.
    Inventors: Roy A. Shephard, Alex D. Constas