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US 5,511,822 AGranted
Motorcycle tank pad apparatus and methods
OwnerDaniel B. Wolanskiinventor
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Abstract
This invention comprises apparatus and methods for extending the useful life of paint on a motorcycle by removably securing a tank pad, bra, and/or skin that is manufactured from a magnetic sheet material, to a metallic motorcycle gas tank and thereby protect the paint from abrasion and destructive elements.
Claims7
A method of protecting and shielding paint of a metallic gas tank of a motorcycle comprising the steps of:
- (a) cutting a pad of resilient, flexible, magnetic sheet material to a desired shape;
- (b) heating the pad until the pad becomes at least partially remoldable;
- (c) juxtaposing the heated pad in a desired location against the gas tank so that magnetic forces within the sheet material pull the pad against the metallic gas tank;
- (d) smoothing out the heated pad that is magnetically secured to the gas tank to remove air pockets from therebetween;
- (e) allowing the heated pad to conform to the contour of the gas tank;
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- (f) allowing the heated pad to cool and thereby retain the general contour of the gas tank.
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