Vehicle front end shield
AssigneeTimothy Long
InventorsLeo A. Guccione, David Millar
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Abstract
A front end shield is provided for a car which is rigid and has a peripheral soft resilient tube mounted around the underside to space the planar part of the shield from the surface of the vehicle, there being a pair of headlight covers attached to the retractable headlight mechanisms to complete front end coverage, the shield being made either as a single piece or in two halves to permit easy storage.
Claims8
A protective shield, for use on a vehicle front around the headlight area, said vehicle being of the type having retractable headlight mechanisms, each of said mechanisms defining a pair of oppositely directed lateral pilot holes, which comprises:
- a rigid formed panel having cutouts for the vehicle headlights;
- said panel being shaped to conform to the front of the vehicle around the headlight area;
- a soft spacer bead lining the periphery of said panel to space said panel from the surface of said vehicle to which said shield is applied;
- means for attaching said panel to the vehicle;
- a pair of headlight covers dimensioned to substantially span said cutouts;
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- means gripping the respective headlight mechanisms to retain said covers in place comprising depending slotted flanges engaged on said holes by screws passing through the respective slots in said flanges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.