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US 4,974,892 AGranted
Protective automotive guard
OwnerClair A. Huardinventor
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Abstract
A protective automotive guard is set forth for securement to an automotive door panel and the like for protection against impact from adjacent vehicles. The guard includes a matrix of rods securable to the door utilizing various devices, such as magnetic tape, double faced tape, and suction cups. A further embodiment of the device utilizes removable rods for replacement subsequent to their damage. A third embodiment of the device includes an alarm for alerting an adjacent vehicle of impact with the automotive guard.
Claims4
A protective automotive guard for selective attachment to a side portion of a vehicle, comprising,
- a flexible planar, rectangular base member including arcuate rib means coextensive with the base member and directed outwardly of the outer surface of the base member, and
- securement means selectively securable to an interior surface of the base member spaced from the outer surface for securement of the base member to the side portion of the vehicle, and
- wherein the rib means includes a plurality of spaced parallel vertical rib means orthogonally oriented relative to a plurality of spaced parallel horizontal rib means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.