Vehicle protective cover
US5413396A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 16, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 9, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60J11/00
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A protective cover for a motor vehicle, particularly for a motorcar, in the form of a strip of a length commensurate with the length of the motorcar and of a width slightly smaller than the width of the baggage compartment of the motorcar. The cover includes a number of stiff rectangular panels connected along their long sides by flexible joints, which permits the cover to be folded into a close stack, to be stored inside the baggage compartment of the motorcar and to be pulled out and to be stretched over the body of the motorcar. The strip is provided with a mechanism for attaching its near end to the inside of the baggage compartment and a mechanism for attaching its far end to the front of the motorcar. The cover further includes two lengths of strip or string having their two ends attached to points proximate two corners of each pair of panels, the strip being of a length commensurate with the distance between the points on the panels in the fully stretched state of the cover. The cover further includes elastic members connecting the centers of each two lengths of strip or string adapted to pull the two strips or strings towards the center line of the cover and thereby pull ea…
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