Cover for windshields, windshield wipers, and air intake manifolds

• US 7,823,953 B2
• Filed: 04/04/2008
• Issued: 11/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Theodore O. Haas
• Original Assignee: Theodore O. Haas
• Inventors: Haas, Theodore O.
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel; Kiran B.
• Application Number:
  US12/080,562
• Publication Number:
  US 20090261614A1
• Time in Patent Office: 942 Days
• Field of Search: 296/95.1, 296/136.13, 296/97.8, 296/77.1, 296/97.9, 296/84.1, 280/732, 160/370.21, 150/166, 180/274
• US Class Current: 296/95.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 11/08 for windows or windscreens antiglare equipment B60J3/00

Abstract

An improved cover made of opaque, reflective, snow-and-ice-repellent material that shields windshields, windshield wipers, and air intake manifolds of vehicles from the accumulation of snow, ice, and frost; and it also prevents the sun'"'"'s rays from penetrating the interior of vehicles through windshields.

Claims

1. A cover for the windshields, windshield wipers, and air intake manifolds of vehicles, comprising:

a. a sheet of material that is opaque, reflective, and repellent to ice, snow, and frost, of any desired color, whose main area is wide enough to cover the front windshield of vehicles, with additional tapered widths of about one foot at each end to wrap around the doorframe and extend into the vehicle, and whose height is tall enough to cover the front windshield, front windshield wipers, and air intake manifold;

or, in the case of placement at the rear of the vehicle, to cover the rear windshield and the rear windshield wipers, if any;

whereby the said elements of the vehicle are protected from snow, ice, and frost,

b. a plurality of rigid rods attached to the cover and supporting the cover from the front of the vehicle'"'"'s roof to the hood in front of the air intake manifold, whereby the entire front windshield, the front windshield wipers, and the air intake manifold are protected from snow, ice, and frost;

or, in the case of placement of the cover at the rear of the vehicle, a plurality of rigid rods attached to the cover and supporting the cover from the rear of the vehicle'"'"'s roof to the rear deck or other surface of the vehicle, whereby the entire rear windshield and the rear windshield wipers, if any, are protected from snow, ice, and frost.

2. The cover of claim 1, whose said material, of any desired color, is opaque and reflective, whereby the sun'"'"'s rays are blocked from penetrating the windshield (front or rear) of the vehicle and heating the interior'"'"'s surfaces and ambient air.

3. The cover of claim 1 whose tapered ends have a plurality of rigid rods or other thick material, spaced at several intervals, whereby said cover can be adjusted to the width of the vehicle and pinched between the vehicle'"'"'s doors and their doorframes.

4. The cover of claim 1 whose tapered ends have a plurality of rigid rods or other thick material, spaced at several intervals, whereby said cover can be pinched between the vehicle'"'"'s doors and their doorframes and prevent removal of the cover by theft or the force of wind.