Automobile cover

• US 7,093,878 B1
• Filed: 04/02/2005
• Issued: 08/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nel R. Fontanilla
• Original Assignee: Nel R. Fontanilla
• Inventors: Fontanilla, Nel R
• Primary Examiner(s): PAPE, JOSEPH
• Application Number:
  US11/097,738
• Time in Patent Office: 507 Days
• Field of Search: 296/95.1, 296/136.01, 296/136.02, 296/136.07, 296/136.1, 296/136.11, 296/136, 150/166, 280/770
• US Class Current: 296/95.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 11/025 specially adapted for covering vehicle parts, e.g. for doors, windows or windscreens

Abstract

An automobile cover assembly for shielding the roof and windows of an automobile is shown and described. The automobile cover assembly includes a combination of plurality of rigid sheets and a strap that function as a lever type mechanism. When the automobile cover is deployed, the rigid sheets are resting against the windshield of an automobile to keep the windshield portion of the automobile cover in place. The automobile cover assembly further includes a strap having attached to the strap a locking and un-locking device that provides for adjusting a proper tension to the strap to keep the automobile cover tautly placed onto the vehicle.

Claims

1. An automobile cover assembly including a roof portion, a windshield portion, a pair of side window portions and a rear window portion, wherein the windshield portion the side window portions and the rear window portion are connected to each other and to the roof portion for covering an upper portion of a passenger area of the automobile and wherein the windshield portion, the side window portions and the rear window portion each include a lower edge, the windshield portion having an upper edge, said assembly further comprising:

a plurality of rigid sheets secured to the windshield portion and extending from the lower edge to the upper edge of the windshield portion, and

a non-flexible strap being received in a pocket formed on the cover, the strap extending within the pocket along the lower edges of each side portion and extending across the windshield portion spaced from the lower edge of the windshield portion as to extend over a bottom half of each of said plurality of rigid sheets, the ends of the strap being interconnected near the lower edge of the rear window portion,

whereby the strap extending over the plurality of rigid sheets creates a restraining force to resist unwanted movement of the cover assembly in windy conditions.