Automotive body protective apparatus
US4002363A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 12, 1975 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 12, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R13/04
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for protecting the doors and other side members of an automotive vehicular body from damaging contact by foreign objects such as doors of adjacent vehicles. The present protective apparatus, which is particularly useful for protecting automobiles in parking lots or other locations where parked in close proximity, includes a number of elongate protective members disconnectably joined together by resilient elongatable means to form an array which extends alongside an automobile. Attachment members are provided at both ends of the array for attachment to locations such as the wheel openings in the fenders of an automobile. The resilient interconnection of the separate elongate members allows the members to be readily folded back alongside one another to provide a compact and easily-stowed article, when removed from the outside of an automobile. The members include a locking feature which engages a locked door of an automobile to prevent theft of the protective apparatus.
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