Stock motor vehicle outfitted with a sports theme kit

• US 5,549,940 A
• Filed: 03/06/1995
• Issued: 08/27/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert P. Noone
• Original Assignee: Robert P. Noone
• Inventors: Noone, Robert P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Epstein, Henry F.
• Application Number:
  US08/398,880
• Time in Patent Office: 540 Days
• Field of Search: 428/31, 428/79, 428/43, 428/542.8, 40/591, 40/592, 40/593, 206/575, 206/579
• US Class Current: 428/31
• CPC Class Codes: B44C 5/00 Processes for producing special ornamental bodies
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/00 Elements for body-finishing, identifying, or decorating; Arrangements or adaptations for advertising purposes
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/04 External Ornamental or guard strips; Ornamental inscriptive devices thereon fastening strips or bars to sheets or plates by means of clips F16B5/12
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/04 by land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/042 the advertising matter being fixed on the roof of the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/15 Sheet, web, or layer weakened to permit separation through thickness

Abstract

A kit to outfit a stock motor vehicle with decorative features related to a sports team. Embodiments of the kit include one to accommodate any motor vehicle and make or model, a second tailored to a specific manufacturer'"'"'s make and model of vehicle, a third to provide an after-market customizing kit. Each of the kit items are coordinated to display the colors, identifying features, mascots, playing implements, or other indicia related to a sports team or sports figure. Items include a wide adhesive tape decorated with a plurality of stripes for application to the exterior of a motor vehicle; a decorative hood ornament; wheel cover decals; stickers and signs displaying a team name or logo, for both permanent and temporary application; a string of decorative mini-lights; sunvisor decals; decorative floor mats; decorative seat covers; a decorative gear shift lever knob; and a decorative clock. The sports indicia are applied to magnetic flexible sheet materials for temporary use, or to plastic sheet material with permanent adhesive backings for permanent application. Additional items include an ice chest form-fitted to the interior of the tailgate storage area of a motor vehicle and additional direct current electrical plug outlets for retrofit installation into a motor vehicle.

Claims

1. An after-market customizing coordinated kit for outfitting a motor vehicle with a sports theme, comprising:

a tape printed with indicia representing a sports team, including a predetermined plurality of stripes in the colors identifying the sports team, said tape for decorating a motor vehicle by adhering to exterior body parts thereof;

a plurality of opaque sheet materials printed with a plurality of indicia selected from the group consisting of a sports team, a sports figure, and a sport'"'"'s teams governing body,

a plurality of transparent sheet materials printed with a plurality of indicia selected from the group consisting of a sports team and a sports figure;

wherein said opaque and transparent sheet materials further comprises sheets of predetermined size to enable convenient consumer packaging, said sheet materials further including scored lines circumscribing areas of said printed indicia to enable removal of said areas from said sheet materials for application to predetermined parts of the motor vehicle;

a gear shift lever knob shaped to resemble an implement used in playing a sport;

a clock shaped to resemble an implement used in playing a sport;

a sports medallion for attachment to the interior of the motor vehicle; and

a hood ornament shaped to resemble an implement used in playing a sport.

2. The kit according to claim 1, wherein said sheet material is flexible and backed with an adhesive;

said adhesive being removably covered by a release liner for protection of said adhesive until the sheet material is ready to be adhered to the motor vehicle.

3. The kit according to claim 1, wherein said sheet materials are flexible and magnetic.

4. The kit according to claim 1, wherein said scored lines are dimensioned and configured to the general size and shape of a sun visor of a motor vehicle.

5. The kit according to claim 1, wherein said opaque sheet materials are printed with indicia representing a sports team'"'"'s governing body in a generally circular area for application to the center of a motor vehicle'"'"'s wheel covers.

6. The kit according to claim 1, further comprising a string of direct current electric mini-lights, said string of mini-lights including a decorative shade, a means of attachment to a smooth surface and an adaptor for use with a direct current motor vehicle plug outlet.

7. The kit according to claim 6, wherein the decorative shade is shaped to resemble an implement used in playing a sport and wherein said means of attachment is a suction cup removably attached to said string of mini-lights.

8. The kit according to claim 1, further comprising floor mats displaying indicia selected from the group consisting of a sports team and a sports figure.

9. The kit according to claim 1, further comprising seat covers displaying indicia selected from the group consisting of a sports team and a sports figure.

10. The kit according to claim 1, further comprising a mobile telephone shaped as an implement used in playing a sport.

11. The kit according to claim 1, further comprising a portable ice chest form-fitted to the interior side walls behind the back seat and in the rear of the vehicle having a rear closure.

12. The kit according to claim 1, further comprising a roof-top containerized cargo carrier shaped like an implement used in playing a sport.

13. The kit according to claim.17, wherein the roof-top container is shaped to resemble a football and includes a plurality of closure means configured and arranged in proximity to each other to simulate laces of a football.