Method and apparatus for applying a decorative design to a door handle overlay
AssigneePutco, Inc.
InventorJames Elwell
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Abstract
The current invention relates to a handle overlay configured to an existing vehicle door handle and a decorative design member affixed to the handle overlay. In addition, the decorative design member can be integrated into a handle overlay for the current invention. The invention also relates to a method for applying a cover to a vehicle door handle comprising the steps of taking a decorative design member and affixing the decorative design member to a handle overlay, wherein the handle overlay is configured to affix to a vehicle door handle and then affixing the handle overlay to a vehicle door handle.
Claims15
A vehicle handle cover comprising:
- a handle overlay configured to affix to an existing vehicle door handle;
- and
- a decorative design member affixed to the handle overlay.
(canceled)
A vehicle handle cover comprising:
- a handle overlay having a first and a second opposite surfaces and one or more holes extending through the handle overlay from the first surface to the second surface;
- a decorative design member having one or more pins extending there from and extending through the one or more holes, respectively, in the handle overlay;
- the one or more pins each being secured within at least one of the one or more holes in the handle overlay and securing the decorative design member over the second surface of the handle overlay.
A method for applying a cover to a vehicle door handle comprising the steps of:
- taking a decorative design member and affixing the decorative design member to a handle overlay, wherein the handle overlay is configured to affix to a vehicle door handle;
- and
- affixing the handle overlay to a vehicle door handle.
A method for applying a cover to a vehicle door handle comprising the steps of:
- affixing a decorative design member to a handle overlay, wherein the handle overlay is configured to affix to a vehicle door handle;
- applying an adhesive between the handle overlay and the vehicle door handle;
- and
- affixing the handle overlay to a vehicle door handle.
A method for applying a cover to a vehicle manufacturer's door handle comprising:
- taking a decorative design member having one or more pins extending there from and an overlay having a first surface and a second surface and one or more holes extending through the overlay from the first surface to the second surface;
- extending each of the one or more pins of the design member through one of the one or more holes in the overlay;
- securing the pins within the one or more holes of the overlay and thereby securing the decorative design member to the first surface of the overlay;
- and
- attaching an overlay with the design member secured thereto in covering relation over the manufacturer's door handle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.