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An energy absorber or bumper for positioning on one object to absorb the impact of the later with another object is formed of an arcuate strip of rigid resiliently deflectable material having a plurality of corrugations extending circumferentially coaxial with the radius of curvature. When positione

An energy absorber or bumper for positioning on one object to absorb the impact of the later with another object is formed of an arcuate strip of rigid resiliently deflectable material having a plurality of corrugations extending circumferentially coaxial with the radius of curvature. When positioned on an object, the center of the arcuate strip is bowed radially outwardly from the surface of the object. The strip of material has sufficient resiliency to allow deflection of the arcuate surface of the material inwardly relative to the radius of curvature upon impact to the bowed surface and thereafter returns to its original configuration. In an elongate configuration, the height of the ridges above the furrows allows independent deflection of the ridges relative to one another along the longitudinal axis of the strip upon impact to the ridges and thereafter return to their original configuration.

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An energy absorber for positioning on one object to absorb the impact of the later with another object comprising; an arcuate strip of rigid resiliently deflectable material having a plurality of circumferential alternating arcuate ridge and furrow corrugations formed therein generally parallel and

An energy absorber for positioning on one object to absorb the impact of the later with another object comprising; an arcuate strip of rigid resiliently deflectable material having a plurality of circumferential alternating arcuate ridge and furrow corrugations formed therein generally parallel and coaxial with the radius of curvature of said strip and the ridges of said corrugations terminating a distance beyond two opposed side edges of said strip to define laterally opposed tips, the center of the arcuate strip bowed radially outwardly from the surface of the object on which it is to be positioned, and said strip of material having sufficient resiliency to allow deflection of the arcuate surface of the material inwardly relative to the radius of curvature upon impact to the bowed surface and thereafter returning to its original configuration, and the depth of said corrugations being sufficient to allow independent deflection of the corrugations relative to one another along the longitudinal axis of said strip upon impact and thereafter returning to their original configuration.