# US 10,766,443 B2 · Covered bumper panel

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- Number: US 10,766,443 B2
- Document ID: US10766443B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/578,196
- Filed: 2019-09-20
- Published: 2020-08-06
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2019-01-31
- Applicants: Michael Meyer; Laurie McCarthy-Meyer
- Inventors: Michael Meyer; Laurie McCarthy-Meyer
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766443B2

## CPC

- B60R 19/023: {Details}
- E04H 6/426: {Parking guides}
- B60J 11/06: for covering only specific parts of the vehicle, e.g. for doors (covers or guards for traction couplings, hitches, draw-gear or towing devices B60D1/60; guards for wheels, radiators or bumpers B60R19/00)
- E04H 6/42: Devices or arrangements peculiar to garages, not covered elsewhere, e.g. securing devices, safety devices {, monitoring and operating schemes; centering devices}
- F16F 7/14: of cable support type, i.e. frictionally-engaged loop-forming cables
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D)
- B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)
- F16F: SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION

## Abstract

A bumper panel for preventing opening car doors from being damaged from hitting other objects has a design that can be interchanged. The bumper panel may have a design cover that slips over the rigid panel portion having resilient material layer over a rigid panel. The design cover may have an open end to enable the cover to slip over the rigid panel portion and may have mount apertures that align with mount fixtures when configured over the rigid panel. A design cover may be reversible and may have different designs on the inside various sides and surfaces of the design cover. As many as four designs may be displayed depending on the orientation and configuration of the design cover over the rigid panel. A bumper panel may be suspended from mount fixtures or retained along a wall or other object by mount brackets.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of displaying a design comprising:
a) providing a rigid panel portion comprising:
i) a rigid panel having a first bumper side and a second bumper side, opposite the first bumper side;
ii) a top;
iii) a first mount fixture and a second mount fixture configured on the top;
iv) a bottom;
b) providing a first resilient material coupled to the first bumper side and a second resilient material coupled to the second bumper side;
c) providing a design cover comprising:
i) a first display side comprising a first design;
ii) a second display side comprising a second design;
iii) a top;
iv) an open bottom;
v) a first mount aperture and a second mount aperture;
d) configuring the open bottom of the design cover over the top of the rigid panel portion and sliding the design cover over the rigid panel portion to produce a covered bumper panel;
e) orienting the first mount aperture around the first mount fixture to expose the first mount fixture through the first mount aperture in the design cover, and orienting the second mount aperture and around the second mount fixture to expose the second mount fixture through the second mount aperture in the design cover; and
f) supporting the covered bumper panel in a position with the top being up in order to display the first design on the first bumper side and the second design on the second bumper side; and
wherein the first mount fixture and the second mount fixture are loop fixtures for suspending the covered bumper panel.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of displaying a design of claim 1, wherein the rigid panel is a planer sheet of rigid material.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of displaying a design of claim 2, wherein the rigid panel is a metal sheet.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The method of displaying a design of claim 2, wherein the rigid panel is a plastic sheet.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of displaying a design of claim 1, wherein the first mount fixture and the second mount fixture are coupled to mount brackets; and wherein supporting the covered bumper panel includes securing the first mount fixture and the second mount fixture to the mount brackets; and securing the mount brackets to a line that extends above the covered bumper panel.

### Claim 6

A method of displaying a design comprising:
a) providing a rigid panel portion comprising:
i) a rigid panel having a first bumper side and a second bumper side, opposite the first bumper side;
ii) a top;
iii) a first mount fixture and a second mount fixture;
iv) a bottom;
b) providing a first resilient material coupled to the first bumper side and a second resilient material coupled to the second bumper side;
c) providing a design cover comprising:
i) a first display side comprising a first design;
ii) a second display side comprising a second design;
iii) a top;
iv) an open bottom;
d) configuring the open bottom of the design cover over the top of the rigid panel portion and sliding the design cover over the rigid panel portion to produce a covered bumper panel;
e) supporting the covered bumper panel in a position with the top being up in order to display the first design on the first bumper side and the second design on the second bumper side;
wherein the first mount fixture and the second mount fixture are feet, and wherein supporting the covered bumper panel includes securing the feet to the rigid panel.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of displaying a design of claim 6 wherein the feet are removably detachable to the rigid panel.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of displaying a design of claim 1, wherein the design cover has an exposed surface and an interior surface and wherein the first design and the second design are on said exposed surface of the first display side and second display side, respective, and a third design, and a fourth design, that are different from the first design and the second design, configured on an interior surface of the first display side; and wherein the design cover is reversible to allow displaying of the first design and the second design or the third design and the fourth design, and wherein the method comprises reversing the design cover to expose the third design and the fourth design prior to configuring the design cover over the rigid panel portion.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The method of displaying a design of claim 6, wherein the rigid panel is a planer sheet of rigid material.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The method of displaying a design of claim 9, wherein the rigid panel is a metal sheet.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The method of displaying a design of claim 9, wherein the rigid panel is a plastic sheet.

### Claim 12 (depends on 6)

The method of displaying a design of claim 6, wherein the design cover has an exposed surface and an interior surface and wherein the first design and the second design are on said exposed surface of the first display side and second display side, respective, and a third design, and a fourth design, that are different from the first design and the second design, configured on an interior surface of the first display side, and wherein the design cover is reversible to allow displaying of the first design and the second design or the third design and the fourth design, and wherein the method comprises reversing the design cover to expose the third design and the fourth design prior to configuring the design cover over the rigid panel portion.