Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Storm-front shield – apron – or robe
Patent
1979-12-26
1981-09-22
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Storm-front shield, apron, or robe
296216, B60J 120
Patent
active
042906407
ABSTRACT:
An external cover assembly for an automobile roof having movable panels (such as a so-called T-roof), including a flexible cover having a size which is adequate to completely overlay the movable panel and to extend slightly beyond the joints between the fixed and the movable portions of the roof. An anchoring means which may be a thin elongated member is connected to the flexible cover; it extends completely across the automobile's windshield and preferably is adapted to be wedged underneath the metal protective strip which constitutes a standard part of the windshield's mounting hardware. Ideally, such a thin elongated member is tapered in its transverse cross-section, and it has sufficient flexibility in a longitudinal direction as to be bent slightly in order to match the curvature of a modern windshield. Additional connecting means such as button snaps are provided for attaching the flexible cover to rigid portions of the roof along the sides and back of the cover. When the flexible cover is opaque, the cover provides protection against unwanted sunshine within the automobile as well as protection against unwanted rainwater.
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Carroll John A.
McHugh Charles W.
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
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