Bumper In-play Rules

[dotbran]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Brandon,
The sections that your are interested in are those that define and outline the PLAYING CONFIGURATION as opposed to the STARTING CONFIGURATION. Also read several times the section 4-Robot, R07.

Would such a lift as I described be only limited to the 60" diameter constraint for playing configuration despite blocking the bumper?

It seems that this technically adheres to the rules, but I'm not sure because it would be directly negating the protection of my robot's front bumper.

To clear things up, consider an "F" to be the robot frame, "B" to be the bumper, and "L" to be the lift. Below are side views:

Before play:
_LLL
BFFFB

During play:
_____L
_____L
BFFFBL