Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture – Methods – Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
Reexamination Certificate
1998-09-03
2001-02-06
Jones, Deborah (Department: 1775)
Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
Methods
Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
C150S166000, C150S168000, C156S345420, C280S770000, C428S038000, C428S080000, C428S192000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06183580
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to systems for protecting the exterior of a vehicle from damage when driving and more particularly pertains to a new protective covering system for protecting the exterior of a vehicle including the paint surfaces and glass surface of the vehicle from damage from rocks, insects, road tar, and other debris while driving.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of systems for protecting the exterior of a vehicle from damage when driving is known in the prior art. More specifically, systems for protecting the exterior of a vehicle from damage when driving heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,425,733; U.S. Pat. No. 5,253,448; U.S. Pat. No. 4,829,702; U.S. Pat. No. 4,031,654; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 325,613; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,862,638.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new protective covering system. The inventive device includes a set of protective sheets with each protective sheet having front and back surfaces, and an outer perimeter. Each protective sheet is generally transparent to permit the passage of light therethrough between the front and back surfaces of the protective sheet. The back surface of each of the protective sheet is designed for attachment to an exterior surface of a vehicle.
In these respects, the protective covering system according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of protecting the exterior of a vehicle including the paint surfaces and glass surface of the vehicle from damage from rocks, insects, road tar, and other debris while driving.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of systems for protecting the exterior of a vehicle from damage when driving now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new protective covering system construction wherein the same can be utilized for protecting the exterior of a vehicle including the paint surfaces and glass surface of the vehicle from damage from rocks, insects, road tar, and other debris while driving.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new protective covering system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the systems for protecting the exterior of a vehicle from damage when driving mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new protective covering system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art systems for protecting the exterior of a vehicle from damage when driving, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a set of protective sheets with each protective sheet having front and back surfaces, and an outer perimeter. Each protective sheet is generally transparent to permit the passage of light therethrough between the front and back surfaces of the protective sheet. The back surface of each of the protective sheet is designed for attachment to an exterior surface of a vehicle.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new protective covering system apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the systems for protecting the exterior of a vehicle from damage when driving mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new protective covering system which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art systems for protecting the exterior of a vehicle from damage when driving, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new protective covering system which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new protective covering system which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new protective covering system which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such protective covering system economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective covering system which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective covering system for protecting the exterior of a vehicle including the paint surfaces and glass surface of the vehicle from damage from rocks, insects, road tar, and other debris while driving.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective covering system which includes a set of protective sheets with each protective sheet having front and back surfaces, and an outer perimeter. Each protective sheet is generally transparent to permit the passage of light therethrough between the front and back surfaces of the protective sheet. The back surface of each of the protective sheet is designed for attachment to an exterior surface of a vehicle.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective covering system that is transparent so that a driver in a vehicle may see through the protective covering system when attached to the exterior glass surfaces of the vehicle and such that the exterior paint surfaces of the
Harrell Eleanor P.
Harrell Larry B.
Jones Deborah
Koehler Robert R.
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