Vehicle transport cover

US5845958A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Stasys K. Rudys · Midlothian, US
• David Jones · Bellevue, US
• Virginia McAndrews Walsh · Norristown, US
• Linda C. Fisher · Wilmington, US
• Ross Knapp · Wyandotte, US
• Charles B. Simon · Blue Bell, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 7, 1997
• Grant date: Dec 8, 1998
• Expiry date: Mar 7, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60J11/06
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle transport cover is made of a vapor permeable, water impermeable, synthetic nonwoven sheet. The transport cover includes a mechanism for firmly attaching the nonwoven sheet in a position on a motor vehicle that covers substantially all of the roof, hood, and front bumper fascia of the vehicle and remains attached at air speeds along the major axis of the vehicle of at least 50 mph. The attachment mechanism is readily releasable and it leaves no visible adhesive residue on the vehicle at the moment the nonwoven sheet is removed from the vehicle. The transport cover may be a unitary cover that covers substanstially all of the finished surfaces of a covered vehicle. The transport cover does not prevent driver access to a covered vehicle and it does not unduly obstruct the view of a driver of a covered vehicle.