US 2007/0176462 A1 · Atmospheric protection for stored vehicle

Abstract

An atmospheric and weather protection system for a vehicle includes flexible co-operating panels and cover that may be installed upon any size and shape of vehicle without employing complicated fastening and securing means such as ropes, grommets, snaps, zippers, or threaded fasteners. The lower protection panel extends underneath the vehicle and up along the sides and ends of the vehicle to be secured to the vehicle preferably by magnets and by drawstrings. The upper cover extends over the vehicle and down along the sides and ends of the vehicle to be secured to the vehicle and/or the lower protection panel by magnets, hook and loop fasteners, and/or simply ties or elastic. Thus, the preferred enclosure includes bottom vehicle over and a top vehicle cover that overlap and contact, and optionally connect to each other, along the vertical or generally vertical sides and ends of the vehicle rather than on the top of the vehicle, the roof, the hood, or the trunk lid. This overlap and securement system allows the user to install the enclosure by manipulating the enclosure members generally at a level beside the user rather than above the user, rather than requiring the user to climb up to reach the top of the vehicle.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle protection system for protecting a vehicle from weather and atmospheric contaminants, the vehicle having a bottom, sides, ends, and a vehicle top, the protection system comprising:

a bottom protection panel being adapted to extend underneath a vehicle and up along the sides and ends of the vehicle;
a top cover, separate from the bottom protection panel, being adapted to extend over the vehicle top and down along the sides and ends of the vehicle to extend over said protection panel a distance so that the top cover overlaps said bottom protection panel in a generally vertical region of both the cover and the protection panel;
said bottom protection panel further comprising a drawstring adapted to tighten said bottom protection panel around the sides and ends of the vehicle;
and
magnets provided against the bottom protection panel for magnetically adhering to metallic portions of the vehicle sides.

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A vehicle protection system for protecting a vehicle from weather and atmospheric contaminants, the system comprising:

a vehicle having a bottom, sides, ends, a vehicle top, and tires having bottom surfaces;
a bottom protection panel extending underneath the vehicle and up along the sides and ends of the vehicle;
a top cover extending over the vehicle top and down along the sides and ends of the vehicle and extending over said protection panel a distance so that the top cover overlaps said bottom protection panel in generally vertical regions of both the cover and the protection panel, said generally vertical regions of both the cover and the panel being positioned over generally vertical sides and ends of the vehicle;
wherein the system comprises a securement system for retaining said bottom protection panel and said top cover on the vehicle, said securement system consisting essentially of:
said bottom protection panel comprising at least one drawstring tightening said bottom protection panel around said sides and ends of the vehicle;
magnets against the bottom protection panel magnetically attracted to metallic portions of the vehicle sides and securing the bottom protection panel between said magnets and said vehicle sides so that the bottom protection panel is held snugly against the vehicle sides;
and
hook and loop fasteners connecting said bottom protection panel and said top cover where they overlap.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Atmospheric protection for stored vehicle

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Atmospheric protection for stored vehicle

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