[ALIBI]

A company that I used to work for made curved panels for office cubical dividers all the time. Given the concern over the eighty inch max. dimention I could easly see where a curved bumper designed so that the outer edge of the noodles is curved at the same arc as the 80" circle could become a possible solution. It would be rather easy to sandwich 1/2 plywood with grooves cut into it between outer skins of 1/8" of whatever wood product you chose.

"STANDARD BUMPERS must be designed as shown in figures 8-1 and 8-2. This is the only acceptable design for STANDARD BUMPERS".

Looking at the quote above, figure 8-2 shows only straight bumpers. If anyone decides to construct curved bumpers I would suggest getting a Q and A answer. My guess would be that the GDC would reply with a statement along the line of: Please refer to Rule R-8 for the ONLY ACCEPTABLE design. Making curved bumpers illegal, not impossible to construct.