Hail guard for cars
OwnerEdoardo Majerinventor
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Abstract
A hail guard for cars includes a net with a thick mesh applied to a structure having two center rods joined by a hinge, two multiple hinges applied to the free ends of the center rods, and four net-stretching rods hinged to each multiple hinge. Each multiple hinge has pins with vertical axes suited to allow the net-stretching rods to rotate and a rotation pin whose horizontal axis is orthogonal to the center rods, suited to allow the rotation of the set of net-stretching rods. The net-stretching rods are arranged so that two of them, when open, are opposed to each other and two other ones are generically diagonal. Two or more supports are hinged to the center rods and each free end of each support is provided with suction cups or magnets suited to allow the structure to be stably and removably applied to the car roof.
Claims10
A hail guard for cars, comprising a net (R) with a thick mesh applied to rods, the hail guard comprising:
- two center rods (Sc1, Sc2) joined by a hinge (M1) first ends of the center rods;
- two multiple hinges (M3) applied to second ends of said center rods (Sc1, Sc2), each hinge being configured to rotate on at least two axes orthogonal to each other and orthogonal to the center rods (Sc1, Sc2);
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- a set comprising four net-stretching rods (Se1, Se2) hinged to each multiple hinge (M3),
- wherein each multiple hinge (M3) comprises four or more pins whose vertical axes (z) are orthogonal to the center rods (Sc1, Sc2), said pins being configured to allow said net-stretching rods (Se1, Se2) to rotate, and a rotation pin whose horizontal axis (y) is orthogonal to the center rods (Sc1, Sc2), said rotation pin being configured to allow a rotation of the set of four net-stretching rods (Se1, Se2).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.