Protective cover for an automotive vehicle
First Claim
1. A protective cover installable on an automotive vehicle of the type having a main lower body, an upwardly protruding cab portion on said body, and plural closures including a selected vehicle closure for access to the vehicle interior space;
- said cover comprising a sheet of flexible material adapted to overlie the cab portion of the vehicle, said flexible sheet having a peripheral edge and an undersurface;
a flexible anchorage means attached to the undersurface of said flexible sheet at a point near its peripheral edge;
said anchorage means being an elongated flexible structure having a transverse thickness that permits it to extend through a joint between the vehicle and the selected vehicle closure when said selected closure is in a closed position, whereby the selected closure exerts a clamping action on the flexible anchorage means; and
an audible alarm means carried by said anchorage means remote from the peripheral edge of said flexible sheet, whereby the alarm means is located within the vehicle interior space when said anchorage means is clamped to the vehicle by the selected closure;
said alarm means being actuatable in response to an external pulling actions exerted on the flexible anchorage means.
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Abstract
A flexible protective cover for an automotive vehicle is provided with an anchorage mechanism that is inserted through a door opening or trunk opening. When the door or trunk lid is closed and locked, the anchorage mechanism is trapped within the vehicle interior space so that it cannot be pulled out to remove the cover from the vehicle. The anchorage mechanism is preferably a hollow air-filled structure having a whistle or siren mounted in such a position that when an external pulling force is exerted on the anchorage mechanism air is forced out of the air-filled structure through the whistle or siren, thereby producing an audible alarm signal.
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14 Claims
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1. A protective cover installable on an automotive vehicle of the type having a main lower body, an upwardly protruding cab portion on said body, and plural closures including a selected vehicle closure for access to the vehicle interior space;
- said cover comprising a sheet of flexible material adapted to overlie the cab portion of the vehicle, said flexible sheet having a peripheral edge and an undersurface;
a flexible anchorage means attached to the undersurface of said flexible sheet at a point near its peripheral edge;
said anchorage means being an elongated flexible structure having a transverse thickness that permits it to extend through a joint between the vehicle and the selected vehicle closure when said selected closure is in a closed position, whereby the selected closure exerts a clamping action on the flexible anchorage means; and
an audible alarm means carried by said anchorage means remote from the peripheral edge of said flexible sheet, whereby the alarm means is located within the vehicle interior space when said anchorage means is clamped to the vehicle by the selected closure;
said alarm means being actuatable in response to an external pulling actions exerted on the flexible anchorage means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- said cover comprising a sheet of flexible material adapted to overlie the cab portion of the vehicle, said flexible sheet having a peripheral edge and an undersurface;
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7. A protective cover installable on an automotive vehicle of the type having a lower main body, an upwardly protruding cab portion having a front windshield and a rear window, side doors, a rear trunk, and a trunk lid;
- said cover comprising a sheet of flexible material adapted for placement over the cab portion of the vehicle so as to overlie the front windshield, side areas of the cab portion and the rear window;
said flexible sheet having an under surface and a rear edge adapted to overlie a front portion of the trunk lid when said lid is in a closed position;
a flexible anchorage means attached to the undersurface of said flexible sheet at a point near its rear edge;
said anchorage means being an elongated flexible anchorage structure extending generally downwardly from the flexible sheet through a joint between the trunk lid and the trunk lid opening when the trunk lid is in its closed position;
said elongated flexible anchorage structure having a transverse width dimension extending parallel to the rear edge of the associated flexible sheet, and a transverse thickness dimension that permits the flexible structure to fit between the trunk lid and trunk lid opening without damage to the flexible structure; and
an audible alarm means carried by said elongated flexible structure remote from the rear edge of the flexible sheet, whereby the alarm means is trapped within the trunk interior space when said trunk lid is closed against the elongated flexible structure;
said alarm means being actuatable in response to an external pulling force exerted on the flexible structure. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- said cover comprising a sheet of flexible material adapted for placement over the cab portion of the vehicle so as to overlie the front windshield, side areas of the cab portion and the rear window;
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14. A protective cover installable on an automotive vehicle of the type having a main lower body, an upwardly protruding cab portion on said body, and plural closures including a selected closure for access to the vehicle interior space;
- said cover comprising a sheet of flexible material adapted to overlie the cab portion of the vehicle, said flexible sheet having a peripheral edge and an undersurface;
balloon means attached to the undersurface of said flexible sheet at a point near its peripheral edge;
said balloon means being an elongaged flexible structure having a transverse thickness that permits it to extend through a joint between the vehicle and said selected vehicle closure when said selected closure is in a closed position, whereby the selected closure exerts a clamping action on the balloon means, the balloon means being squeezed when an external pulling force is exerted thereon preventing passage thereof through said joint.
- said cover comprising a sheet of flexible material adapted to overlie the cab portion of the vehicle, said flexible sheet having a peripheral edge and an undersurface;
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