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US 10,780,734 B2Granted
Tire sidewall shading device and attachment system
OwnerRoger V. Hunckler, Clare A. Huncklerinventors
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Abstract
A shading system for tires and wheels being built to a customized shape and size to cover at minimum the sidewall of a tire. The shading system may be comprised of, but is not limited to, multiple layers of shading material offering ultraviolet and heat protection for the covered area and a multipoint harness to secure the shade to the tire.
Claims22
A tire sidewall shading device comprising:
- a shaped outside perimeter frame feature;
- a shaped first fabric having a first front surface and a first rear surface, a major outer dimension and a minor inner dimension wherein the major outer dimension is fitted, tensioned and permanently secured over the outside perimeter frame feature forming a hem that captures the outside perimeter frame feature and wherein the minor inner dimension is less than an major outer dimension, creating a center opening;
- a second shaped fabric having a second front surface and a second rear surface, sized to a dimension that is less than or equal to the-major outer dimension of the first fabric;
- wherein the second rear surface of the second fabric is fitted to cover the first rear surface of the first fabric;
- at least three fabric attachment strip features, secured and equally spaced apart from one another about the outside perimeter frame feature;
- an attachment ring or D-ring secured to an end portion of each of the at least three fabric attachment strip features, resulting in at least three attachment rings;
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- at least one elasticized cord releasably secured to each of the at least three attachment rings, resulting in at least three elasticized cords, each releasably secured at a first end to each of the at least three attachment rings and each of the at least three elasticized cords are secured to one another at a second end,
- wherein the secured ends of the at least three elasticized cords are adjustably tensionable to secure the tire sidewall shading device by wrapping around an interior side of a vehicle tire, wherein the first and second fabric are positioned on the opposite exterior side of the vehicle tire.
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A tire sidewall shading device comprising:
- a spring wire frame configured to be retained around the perimeter of a tire;
- a shaped first fabric secured to the spring wire frame, the shaped first fabric having a center opening for accessing a wheel;
- a second shaped fabric secured to a side of the shaped first fabric, the second shaped fabric sized to a dimension that is less than or equal to an outside perimeter of the shaped first fabric and a dimension that is less than the dimension of the center opening;
- at least three attachment features, secured equidistant from one another about the perimeter of the spring wire frame, each of the at least three attachment features comprising an end portion configured to secure an attachment ring thereto, resulting in at least three attachment rings;
- at least one of three elasticized cords each releasably secured to each of the at least three attachment rings, the at least one of the three elasticized cords each adjustably tensionable to secure the tire sidewall shading device and prevent U.V. light from contacting the tire sidewall.
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A tire sidewall shading device comprising:
- a spring wire frame configured to be retained around the perimeter of a tire to protect the sidewalls of the tire from degradation;
- an annular shaped first fabric having a major outer dimension and a minor inner dimension wherein the major outer dimension is fitted, tensioned, and permanently secured over the spring wire frame and sewn into a hem securing the wire frame, the shaped first fabric wherein the minor inner dimension provides a center opening for accessing a wheel, the annular shaped first fabric capable of blocking U.V. light;
- a second shaped fabric, fitted and secured to one side of the first shaped fabric, sized to a dimension that is less than or equal to the major outer dimension of the first shaped fabric and a minor inner diameter less than the minor inner dimension of the first shaped fabric, the second shaped fabric capable of blocking U.V. light;
- wherein the inside diameter of second fabric forms an aesthetic alternate colored edge adjacent to the minor inner dimension of the first fabric;
- at least three fabric attachment strip features, secured equidistant from one another about the spring wire frame;
- at least three attachment rings, one each secured to an end portion of each of the at least three fabric attachment strip features;
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- at least three elasticized cords, one each releasably secured to each of the at least three attachment rings at a first end and each of the at least three elasticized cords are secured to one another at a second end,
- wherein the secured ends of the at least three elasticized cords are adjustably tensionable to secure the tire sidewall shading device by wrapping around an interior side of a vehicle tire, wherein the first and second fabric are positioned on the opposite exterior side of the vehicle tire to block U.V. light from contacting the tire, while permitting access to the wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.