Vehicle transport cover

A motor vehicle transport cover comprising:

• a nonwoven sheet having a water vapor transmission rate of at least 100 g/m.sup.2 in 24 hours according to ASTM standard E96, method B, having a liquid water permeability resistance expressed by a hydrostatic head pressure of at least 1 m according to AATCC standard 127, and having an Elmendorf tear strength of at least 12N, said sheet having a front section for covering a front bumper, a hood, and front side panels of a vehicle, a middle section for covering a roof and door panels of the vehicle, and a rear section for covering rear panels and a rear bumper of the vehicle;
• attachment means for firmly attaching said nonwoven sheet to the vehicle to which the transport cover is attached and for maintaining said covering at relative air movement speeds of at least 50 mph along a lengthwise direction of the vehicle, said attachment means being manipulable to readily release said nonwoven sheet from the vehicle and readily reattach said nonwoven sheet to said vehicle in a manner that permits inspection under the hood of the vehicle to which the cover is attached and permits inspection of the front side panels, the door panels, and the rear panels of the vehicle to which the cover is attached, said attachment means including at least one pair of locking straps, each locking strap of said pair being attached at a first end to said transport cover, each locking strap of said pair having a second end opposite the first end and having at the second end a locking member fastenable to a locking member at the second end of the other locking strap of said pair of locking straps, the transport cover being securable around an underside of the vehicle by fastening said locking members of said at least one pair of locking straps, said attachment means leaving no visible residue on the hood, the front side panels, the roof, the door panels, or the rear panels of the vehicle to which the cover has been attached when the nonwoven sheet is removed from the vehicle;
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• access means for permitting a driver to readily access the vehicle to which the vehicle transport cover is attached without removing the transport cover from the vehicle.