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US 11,661,150 B1Granted
Towable vehicle windshield cover
AssigneeBattery Doctors & Mild 2 Wild Motorsports
InventorJake Stewart
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Abstract
A windshield cover and method for protecting a windshield of a towed vehicle, such as a boat, can be removably secured over the windshield when being pulled on a trailer. The cover matches the size and shape of the windshield and is flexible to conform to a curvature of the windshield. The cover has a soft, cushion layer and a waterproof and oil-resistant and non-absorbent material. The cover can have bifurcated panels with a partition corresponding to a passthrough of a boat windshield.
Claims19
A boat windshield cover, comprising:
- a panel sized and shaped to cover a boat windshield;
- the panel having a perimeter configured to match a super majority of a perimeter of the boat windshield without overhangs;
- the panel being flexible and configured to conform to the boat windshield;
- the panel comprising multiple layers of different material affixed together to form a laminate, the multiple layers comprising:
- an outer layer of waterproof and oil-resistant, non-absorbent nano-material;
- and
- an inner layer of thicker dense foam padding coating a back of the outer layer and configured to contact the boat windshield;
- a binding extending around and enclosing an edge of the outer and inner layers;
- the panel being bifurcated off-center forming a pair of unequal panels including a larger panel and a smaller panel;
- a fastener between the pair of panels and releasably coupling the pair of panels together to form the panel, the fastener allowing the pair of panels to separate at a position corresponding to a hinged passthrough window portion of the boat windshield;
- and
- the larger panel being foldable over onto itself and configured to be sandwiched between the passthrough window portion and the boat windshield when the passthrough window portion is in an open position.
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A towable vehicle windshield cover configured to be removably coupled over a towable vehicle windshield, the cover comprising:
- a panel having a perimeter matching a super majority of a perimeter of the towable vehicle windshield, the panel being flexible to conform to the towable vehicle windshield;
- the panel having an outer layer of waterproof and oil-resistant, non-absorbent nano-material;
- the panel having an inner layer of thicker dense foam padding coating a back of the outer layer and configured to contact the boat windshield;
- the panel and the towable vehicle windshield having at least two configurations comprising:
- a closed configuration in which the panel is configured to extend across the towable vehicle windshield;
- and
- an open configuration in which the panel is foldable over onto itself and configured to be sandwiched between a window portion and the towable vehicle windshield.
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A method for protecting a boat windshield, comprising:
- securing a plurality of snap fasteners around a perimeter of the boat windshield;
- snapping a plurality of corresponding snap fasteners around a perimeter of a panel of a boat windshield cover to corresponding snap fasteners around the perimeter of the boat windshield;
- aligning at least one notch in a perimeter of the panel with at least one bumper of the boat windshield;
- aligning a separable partition in the panel with a passthrough window portion of the boat windshield, the separable partition comprising a zipper releasably securing a pair of panels;
- un-zipping the zipper;
- opening the passthrough window portion and folding one of the pair of panels over onto itself;
- closing the passthrough window portion;
- and
- zipping the zipper securing the pair of panels together to form the panel;
- and
- wherein the boat windshield cover comprises:
- the perimeter of the panel matching a super majority of a perimeter of the boat windshield without overhangs;
- the panel comprising multiple layers of different material affixed together to form a laminate, the multiple layers comprising:
- an outer layer of waterproof and oil-resistant, non-absorbent nano-material;
- and
- an inner layer of thicker dense foam padding coating a back of the outer layer and configured to contact the boat windshield;
- and
- a binding extending around and enclosing an edge of the outer and inner layers.
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A method for providing a towable vehicle windshield cover to protect a towable vehicle windshield, comprising:
- providing a kit for creating a pattern of the towable vehicle windshield, the kit comprising:
- a container;
- a sheet of material carried by the container and sized to cover the towable vehicle windshield;
- and
- releasable fasteners carried by the container for releasably securing the sheet of material over the towable vehicle windshield;
- receiving the kit with the towable vehicle windshield pattern traced onto the sheet of material;
- and
- cutting at least one layer of material based on the pattern traced onto the sheet of material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.