Vehicle fenders – Buffer or bumper type – Bumper extends along side of vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
1999-04-15
2001-01-30
Dayoan, D. Glenn (Department: 3612)
Vehicle fenders
Buffer or bumper type
Bumper extends along side of vehicle
C293SDIG006
Reexamination Certificate
active
06179354
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to devices for protecting the sides of vehicle bodies from damage and more particularly pertains to a new vehicle body side protector for protecting the side of a vehicle bodies from damage.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of devices for protecting the sides of vehicle bodies from damage is known in the prior art. More specifically, devices for protecting the sides of vehicle bodies from damage 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. 5,188,407; U.S. Pat. No. 5,312,145; U.S. Pat. No. 3,367,702; U.S. Pat. No. 4,014,583; U.S. Pat. No. 4,690,446; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,398,758.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new vehicle body side protector. The inventive device includes a row of panels having a pair of opposite end panels and at least one middle panel interposed between the end panels. Each of the panels is pivotally coupled to the adjacent panels in the row of panels. The row of panels is detachably mounted to a side of a vehicle to protect the side of the vehicle from dent and ding damage.
In these respects, the vehicle body side protector 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 side of a vehicle bodies from damage.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of devices for protecting the sides of vehicle bodies from damage now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new vehicle body side protector construction wherein the same can be utilized for protecting the side of a vehicle bodies from damage.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new vehicle body side protector apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the devices for protecting the sides of vehicle bodies from damage mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new vehicle body side protector which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art devices for protecting the sides of vehicle bodies from damage, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a row of panels having a pair of opposite end panels and at least one middle panel interposed between the end panels. Each of the panels is pivotally coupled to the adjacent panels in the row of panels. The row of panels is detachably mounted to a side of a vehicle to protect the side of the vehicle from dent and ding damage.
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 vehicle body side protector apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the devices for protecting the sides of vehicle bodies from damage mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new vehicle body side protector which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art devices for protecting the sides of vehicle bodies from damage, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new vehicle body side protector which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new vehicle body side protector which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle body side protector 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 vehicle body side protector economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle body side protector 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 vehicle body side protector for protecting the side of a vehicle bodies from damage.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle body side protector which includes a row of panels having a pair of opposite end panels and at least one middle panel interposed between the end panels. Each of the panels is pivotally coupled to the adjacent panels in the row of panels. The row of panels is detachably mounted to a side of a vehicle to protect the side of the vehicle from dent and ding damage.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle body side protector that protects the side of a vehicle from door dings and dents, especially when parked in a crowded parking lot with narrow parking stalls.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new vehicle body side protector that is easy to mount and dismount from the side of a vehicle.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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patent: 4708380 (1987-11-01), Cruz
patent: 4726614 (1988-02-01), Myers et al.
patent: 5072979 (19
Dayoan D. Glenn
Engle Patricia
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