Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Tops – Cover
Reexamination Certificate
2011-06-28
2011-06-28
Patel, Kiran B. (Department: 3612)
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Tops
Cover
Reexamination Certificate
active
07967366
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein is a damage mitigation system. In some embodiments, for example, the damage mitigation system can be used for protecting a vehicle from hail damage. The damage mitigation system includes a housing for storing at least one pad. The pad can be pulled from the housing, inflated, and positioned over an object to be protected. In some embodiments, the damage mitigation system can include a self-inflating pad. In some embodiments, the damage mitigation system can include an inflatable pad that is not self-inflating. The damage mitigation system also includes a motor for retracting the pad back into the housing. The housing includes pinching rods for squeezing the air from the pad as the pad is retracted so that the pad can be stored in a non-inflated configuration.
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Copending U.S. Appl. No. 11/810,304, filed Jun. 5, 2007, titled “Multi-Layered Apparatus for Covering a Vehicle,” which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Appl. No. 10/138,395, filed May 3, 2002, now issued as U.S. Patent. No. 7,360,820, titled “Inflatable apparatus for covering a vehicle.”
Eldredge Richard G.
Patel Kiran B.
Walton James E.
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