Inflatable protective covers for motor vehicles

a technology for automobiles and protective covers, applied in the direction of bicycle equipment, transportation and packaging, packaging, etc., can solve the problems of difficult handling of full car covers such as unpacking and deploying onto the automobile, and inconvenient for a single person,
US20070284023A1Inactive Publication Date: 2007-12-13SITARZ RICHARD J
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
SITARZ RICHARD J
Publication Date
2007-12-13
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

Inflatable protective covers for motor vehicles including automobiles and motorcycles has a flexible bladder with respective upper and lower sheets of a waterproof, air-tight material shaped to cover the motor vehicle. The sheets have mating outer peripheries affixed together in an air-tight manner at a peripheral seam to form a single inflatable pocket therebetween. The single inflatable pocket may be sub-divided into a plurality of interconnected inflatable pockets by affixing together the upper and lower sheets in airtight manner at one or more partial length seams disposed inside the peripheral seam with gaps therealong to keep the inflatable air pockets interconnected. A resilient nipple with stopper is affixed to the bladder to permit inflation and retention of air within the bladder. A quick deflation device has a tubular base affixed to the bladder and a removable screw cap to allow quick removal of air from the bladder. A draw cord extends through an elongate peripheral channel of the bladder with a cord outlet opening through which respective ends of the draw cord extend to removably retain the cover in a deployed, inflated position about the motor vehicle. The protective covers may be designed to fit baggily or be fitted to the motor vehicle and be reusable or disposable depending on the material from which made.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field

[0002] The present invention generally relates to flexible protective covers for motor vehicles, and more particularly to inflatable protective covers for automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, and motorbikes.

[0003] 2. State of the Art

[0004] Protective covers for automobiles have been used for many years to protect automobiles parked outdoors from exposure to various environmental hazards such as dust, dirt, sunlight, acid rain, snow, frost, and ice which otherwise accumulates on the exterior surface of the automobile. This helps keep the automobile in a better condition and thus has longer life. Such protective covers are typically rolled up and / or folded for storage such as in the trunk of the automobile. Such protective covers also help prevent excessive heat build-up inside the automobile by being essentially opaque such that sunlight cannot directly heat the interior passenger compartment thereof.

[0005] Most protective covers are full c...

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