US3336969A
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Vehicle windshield and rear window cover
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-06-15
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Granted: 1967-08-22
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Expires: 1985-06-15
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Marchman Robert Ransom
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 15:50
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60J; B60J11/00; B60J11/06; B60J11/08; B60J11/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
228 words
AN AUTOMOBILE WINDSHIELD COVER FUNCTIONALLY DESIGNED AND STRUCTURALLY ADAPTED TO COPE WITH INCLEMENT WEATHER AND ALSO TO KEEP THE EXTERIOR SURFACE CLEAN AND CLEAR FOR SAFE DRIVING COMPRISING: A HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED FLEXIBLE SHEET OF WATER REPELLENT MATERIAL AND HAVING AN UPPER LONGITUDINAL EDGE PROVIDED WITH A HEM COEXTENSIVE IN LENGTH WITH THE LENGTH OF SAID SHEET AND OPEN AT ITS ENDS, A LOWER LONGITUDINAL EDGE ALSO COEXTENSIVE IN LENGTH WITH THE LENGTH OF SAID SHEET AND DOUBLED UPON ITSELF TO PROVIDE A REINFORCING BINDER, THE MAJOR MEDIAN PORTION OF SAID THUS BOUND EDGE BEING LINEARLY STRAIGHT AND APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL WITH THE OPPOSED MEDIAN PART OF SAID HEM AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT END PORTIONS BEING ARCUATELY CURVED AND DIRECTED TOWARD AND TERMINATING ADJACENT BUT SLIGHTLY SHORT OF THE RESPECTIVE OPEN ENDS OF SAID HEM, A FIRST PAIR OF ELASTIC END STRAPS HAVING INNER ENDS SECURED TO THE RESPECTIVELY ORIENTED TERMINAL ENDS OF SAID LEFT AND RIGHT END PORTIONS AND HAVING FREE OUTER ENDS PROVIDED WITH STRAP TAUTENING AND ANCHORING HOOKS CAPABLE OF BEING HOOKED BY HAND ON THE DOOR HANDLES WITH WHICH THEY ARE DETACHABLY CONNECTIBLE, AND A DRAW-CORD THREADED THROUGH SAID HEM WITH FREE TERMINAL ENDS EXTENDING THROUGH AND BEYOND THE LEFT RIGHT OPEN ENDS AND ADAPTED TO PROVIDE TYING ELEMENTS WHICH CAN ALSO BE CONNECTED BY TYING TO THE DOOR HANDLES WITH WHICH THEY ARE COOPERABLE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
228 words
AN AUTOMOBILE WINDSHIELD COVER FUNCTIONALLY DESIGNED AND STRUCTURALLY ADAPTED TO COPE WITH INCLEMENT WEATHER AND ALSO TO KEEP THE EXTERIOR SURFACE CLEAN AND CLEAR FOR SAFE DRIVING COMPRISING: A HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED FLEXIBLE SHEET OF WATER REPELLENT MATERIAL AND HAVING AN UPPER LONGITUDINAL EDGE PROVIDED WITH A HEM COEXTENSIVE IN LENGTH WITH THE LENGTH OF SAID SHEET AND OPEN AT ITS ENDS, A LOWER LONGITUDINAL EDGE ALSO COEXTENSIVE IN LENGTH WITH THE LENGTH OF SAID SHEET AND DOUBLED UPON ITSELF TO PROVIDE A REINFORCING BINDER, THE MAJOR MEDIAN PORTION OF SAID THUS BOUND EDGE BEING LINEARLY STRAIGHT AND APPROXIMATELY PARALLEL WITH THE OPPOSED MEDIAN PART OF SAID HEM AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT END PORTIONS BEING ARCUATELY CURVED AND DIRECTED TOWARD AND TERMINATING ADJACENT BUT SLIGHTLY SHORT OF THE RESPECTIVE OPEN ENDS OF SAID HEM, A FIRST PAIR OF ELASTIC END STRAPS HAVING INNER ENDS SECURED TO THE RESPECTIVELY ORIENTED TERMINAL ENDS OF SAID LEFT AND RIGHT END PORTIONS AND HAVING FREE OUTER ENDS PROVIDED WITH STRAP TAUTENING AND ANCHORING HOOKS CAPABLE OF BEING HOOKED BY HAND ON THE DOOR HANDLES WITH WHICH THEY ARE DETACHABLY CONNECTIBLE, AND A DRAW-CORD THREADED THROUGH SAID HEM WITH FREE TERMINAL ENDS EXTENDING THROUGH AND BEYOND THE LEFT RIGHT OPEN ENDS AND ADAPTED TO PROVIDE TYING ELEMENTS WHICH CAN ALSO BE CONNECTED BY TYING TO THE DOOR HANDLES WITH WHICH THEY ARE COOPERABLE.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1970-08-21 | 1971-02-20 | 1971-08-22 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1974-08-21 | 1975-02-20 | 1975-08-22 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1978-08-21 | 1979-02-20 | 1979-08-22 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |