Vehicle hood protective shield
OwnerRichard H. Emeryinventor
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Abstract
A hood protective shield for use on a front portion of a motor vehicle's hood protects against insects and road debris damage. The shield comprises a main body member, a lip member extending therefrom and a set of spacers attached to the underside of the main body member. The main body member is shaped to fit the contour of the front portion of the hood and extends laterally substantially fully across the hood and extends longitudinally partially from a front edge thereof. The lip member wraps around the edge of the hood to engage an underside of the hood and hold the shield in a semi-permanent, though secure fashion to the hood.
Claims22
A hood protective shield capable of semi-permanent attachment to the hood of a motor vehicle for deflecting insects and road debris thrown towards the hood during travel, said protective shield comprising:
- (a) a main body member of durable scratch-resistant material shaped to fit the contour of a front portion of the hood and dimensioned to extend substantially laterally across the hood and longitudinally from a front edge thereof to about four inches to about eighteen inches therefrom and a lip member extending substantially fully across the main body member and extending from the main body member to wrap around the front edge of the hood to engage an underside of said hood to snugly hold the protective shield article to the hood, and further having a set of drain holes where said lip member and said main body member meet;
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- (b) a set of spacers attached to an underside of the main body member to hold said main body member off the hood so as to create a shock absorbing air gap cushion area and to provide a flow path for rain water to drain from the hood.
A hood protective shield capable of semi-permanent attachment to the hood of a motor vehicle for deflecting insects and road debris thrown towards the hood during travel, said protective shield comprising:
- (a) a main body member of durable scratch-resistant material shaped to fit the contour of a front portion of the hood and dimensioned to extend substantially laterally across the hood and longitudinally from a front edge thereof to about four inches to about eighteen inches therefrom and having at least two lip members extending from the main body member to wrap around the front edge of the hood to engage an underside of said hood to snugly hold the protective shield article to the hood, each said lip member being from about two inches to about six inches in width and extending along the underside of the hood from about one inch to about six inches;
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- (b) a set of spacers attached to an underside of the main body member to hold said main body member off the hood so as to create a shock absorbing air gap cushion area and to provide a flow path for rain water to drain from the hood.
A hood protective shield capable of semi-permanent attachment to the hood of a motor vehicle for deflecting insects and road debris thrown towards the hood during travel, said protective shield comprising:
- (a) a main body member of durable scratch-resistant material shaped to fit the contour of a front portion of the hood and dimensioned to extend substantially laterally across the hood and longitudinally from a front edge thereof to about four inches to about eighteen inches therefrom, said main body member having a lip member extending therefrom to wrap around the front edge of the hood to engage an underside of said hood to snugly hold the protective shield article to the hood and further having a trailing air foil member extending substantially vertically from a rearward edge of the main body member;
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- (b) a set of spacers attached to an underside of the main body member to hold said main body member off the hood so as to create a shock absorbing air gap cushion area and to provide a flow path for rain water to drain from the hood.
A hood and front fender protective shield capable of semi-permanent attachment to the hood of a motor vehicle for deflecting insects and road debris thrown towards the hood and front fender during travel, said protective shield comprising:
- (a) a main body member of durable scratch-resistant material shaped to fit the contour of a front portion of the hood and dimensioned to extend substantially laterally across the hood and longitudinally from a front edge thereof to about four inches to about eighteen inches therefrom and having a set of wings, each said wing extending laterally from the main body member to cover a front portion of a fender, further wherein a lip member extends from the main body member to wrap around the front edge of the hood to engage an underside of said hod to snugly hold the protective shield article to the hood;
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- (b) a set of spacers attached to an underside of the main body member to hold said main body member off the hood so as to create a shock absorbing air gap cushion area and to provide a flow path for rain water to drain from the hood.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.