Method and apparatus for covering a vehicle interior

Details Method and apparatus for covering a vehicle interior Method and apparatus for covering a vehicle interior

1991-12-11

1993-04-13

Marmor, Charles A.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Tops

Cover

160354, B60J 1100

Patent

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052015653

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle interior cover (30) for use with a vehicle (10) includes a sheet-like cover member (32), a rear securing assembly (34), and a front securing assembly (36). The front securing assembly (36) preferably includes a resiliently flexible transversely extending rod (48) which is suitably dimensioned for resilient bowing between opposed sides (26, 26') of the vehicle interior in order to releasably secure the sheet-like cover (32) to the interior (12) proximate the vehicle dashboard (16). The transversely extending rod (48) is bowed to tension the sheet-like cover (32) between the rear interior portion (14) and the dashboard portion (16) in a distended condition over the interior (12). The rear securing assembly (34) may be a transversely extending enlarged member (44) which is trapped in a transversely extending slot between structural members (22,24) of the vehicle. Both the front securing assembly (36) and rear securing assembly (34) allow fastener-free installation and deployment of cover member ( 32). A cover storage envelope (70) is secured proximate the rear securing assembly (34) for convenient and aesthetic storage of the cover (32) inside the vehicle interior.

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