Vehicle shield device and methods for manufacturing and shipping a vehicle shield device
AssigneeLund International, Inc.
InventorsNathan Peter Espinose, Roger Kent Gibson
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Abstract
A molded plastic vehicle shield device includes a hood protector region and hood attachment region. The hood protector region is constructed for extending across a portion of a vehicle hood for protecting the vehicle hood. The hood protector region includes at least one flexible region for allowing bending of the hood protector region. The hood attachment region includes a first hood attachment flange attached to a portion of the hood protector region and constructed for attaching to a left side of the vehicle hood, and a second hood attachment flange attached to a portion of the hood protector region and constructed for attachment to a right side of the vehicle hood.
Claims7
A method for manufacturing a vehicle shield device, the method comprising steps of:
- cutting a sheet of plastic material;
- and
- molding the sheet of plastic material to provide:
- (a) hood protector region constructed for extending across at least a portion of a vehicle hood for protecting the vehicle hood, the hood protector region comprising:
- (i) at least one flexible region for allowing bending of the hood protector region;
- and
- (b) hood attachment region constructed for attaching the hood protector region to the vehicle hood, the hood attachment region comprising:
- (i) first hood attachment flange attached to at least a portion of the hood protector region and constructed for attaching to a left side of the vehicle hood;
- and
- (ii) second hood attachment flange attached to at least a portion of the hood protector region and constructed for attachment to a right side of the vehicle hood.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.