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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4799728 | Vehicle cover A cover [20] for a vehicle body [11] including a hood [21] fixed to a bag [29] by a strap [28], which bag can be placed inside a vehicle door [18] and the door closed to prevent unauthorized removal. The bag is also sized to contain the cover for storage.... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4784215 | Thermal insulating shades A thermal insulating shade is made up of a plurality of panels, spaced apart and defining a serpentine air flow path between them. A blower connected to the air flow path ventilates the shade to augment its insulating effect. As least one of the panels ha... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4779918 | RV privacy and sunscreen A removable, flexible, easily stored, combination privacy/sunscreen for use on the windshield and adjacent side windows of a recreational vehicle to limit light and outside viewing into the vehicle while permitting outside viewing from inside the vehicle.... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4768823 | Windshield protector and method of using the same A readily attachable and removable windshield protector adapted to substantially cover and protect a windshield of a vehicle. The protector includes a flexible, transparent sheet conforming to the configuration of the windshield and only very slightly sma... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4758040 | Exterior visor for automotive vehicles An exterior visor (20') for automotive vehicles (21) formed of two or more symmetrical visor sections (20a, 20b) adapted to be abutted in end-to-end relation to form an exterior visor (20') having an overall length "L" in the range of from about 55" to ab... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4730865 | Assembly for securing a windshield cover to a vehicle There is disclosed herein an assembly for detachably securing a windshield cover to windshields of motor vehicles such as passenger cars or tractors, which comprises a plurality of magnetic units including magnetic pieces supported on supporting members, ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4726406 | Windshield cover A protective cover for a vehicle window includes a vinyl sheet having a cloth backing for application to the window. The sheet is held in place by straps which are looped around stiffener bars on the side edges of the sheet. The straps extend into the int... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4726619 | Split universal sun visor for a vehicle windshield A split universal sun visor for shading the windshield of roofed automotive vehicles of different widths. An awninglike portion extends from the front edge of the vehicle roof forward in cantilevered relation above the vehicle windshield to shade the latt... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4635993 | Automobile windshield cover A method of attachment of an external vehicle cover which includes means for discouraging theft of the cover is disclosed. The cover is made from a flexible material tailored to the section of the vehicle to be protected. It includes regions that can be c... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4597608 | Automobile windshield cover An improved automobile windshield cover to prevent frost, ice or snow from freezing on a windshield, includes a shield portion formed of an elongated strip of pliable material, with at least one resilient strap on each end for attaching the shield portion... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4560245 | Vehicular windshield curtain for inhibiting heat transfer A special heat transfer inhibiting curtain for demountable positioning in juxtaposed coextending relationship with the interior surface of the windshield of a vehicle to reduce interior heat build-up in the vehicle when it is not being operated.... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4472915 | Provision of anchorage points adjacent beading mounted windows A retaining clip adapted, inter alia, for mounting a motor vehicle louvre over a vehicle rear window and wherein the retaining clip has a flat part for extending between a window and elastomeric bead whereby the window is mounted. The flat part terminates... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4442881 | Vehicle windshield protective curtain A removable windshield protective device for application midway of the width of the windshield of a vehicle and having roller curtains capable of being withdrawn over the windshield from the center to each side of the windshield and attached thereto. The ... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4426111 | Automobile rain shield There is disclosed in the present application a rain shield detachably mountable on an automobile. The shield is a preferably flat, flexible, elongated member of metal or plastic. Also disclosed, are clips or means for attaching the shield to the roof tro... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4412698 | Method and apparatus for attaching sun visor to an automobile A plurality of fasteners joining a sun visor to an automobile. Each fastener fits through a related pair of matching holes in the visor and automobile body, with the hole in the visor being enlarged to permit lateral movement of the visor relative to the ... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4377307 | Self securing tonneau cover A vehicle tonneau cover including new features and improvements to allow the tonneau cover to position, attach, and secure itself to a vehicle through the use of tabs extending down from the tonneau cover, thereby allowing the vehicle to remain as origina... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4376546 | Vehicle front end shield A front end shield is provided for a car which is rigid and has a peripheral soft resilient tube mounted around the underside to space the planar part of the shield from the surface of the vehicle, there being a pair of headlight covers attached to the re... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4368605 | Automobile louver assemblage A plurality of stamped sheet-metal louver vanes are supported in relatively fixed, parallel relation at each end by a pair of extruded metal side channel members having longitudinally extending slots into which marginal end portions of the louver vanes ar... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4331359 | Window shield for vehicle body A window shield formed of a penetration resistant material is positioned outside and adjacent a standard glass window of an automobile or other vehicle. The window and shield are congruent and extend downwardly into a door panel through a pair of parallel... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4290640 | External cover for an automobile roof having a movable panel An external cover assembly for an automobile roof having movable panels (such as a so-called T-roof), including a flexible cover having a size which is adequate to completely overlay the movable panel and to extend slightly beyond the joints between the f... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4280414 | Anti-vandalism, sectionalized panel, outside metal guard for windshield A sectionalized panel of metal for guarding exposed windows on vehicle cabs and passenger compartments to protect from vandalism such as stone throwing. It serves on the outside as a stone-shield or night guard particularly for tractor cab windshields and... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4232483 | Hinged louvered window shade device A louvered window shade device for hinged installation relative to the rear door windows of automobiles, particularly of the body types commonly known as fast-backs, hatch-backs, etc., wherein substantial portions of the interior compartments thereof are ... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4229035 | Vehicle windshield rain deflector system An automobile windshield rain deflector which functions as a result of a mathematical relationship between rain deflector, forward velocity of vehicle windshield and downward velocity of rain drops; and comprises a shield arranged above the driver's line ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4209197 | Weather protection systems for road vehicles A weather protection system for a road vehicle has windows, including a wind screen pane and a rear window pane, and comprises at least two protector parts which are detachably connected to the vehicle, are composed of flexible material, extend at least o... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4204368 | Louvered window shade device A louvered window shade device for installation relative to the rear windows of automobiles, particularly of the body types commonly known as fast-backs, hatch-backs, etc., wherein substantial portions of the interior compartments thereof are normally exp... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4185867 | Harvester with a laterally extending visor structure A visor structure is provided for the cab of a harvester which has horizontal parts which extend forwardly and laterally outwardly from the top of the cab to approximately the tread of vehicle and approximately to the lateral extremities of the grain bin ... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4159845 | Airstream deflector for motor vehicles An accessory mountable along a front of an automotive vehicle, so as to deflect air upwardly, and forming a curtain of air forwardly of the windshield, so that dust, bugs, rain or snow is lifted over the top of the vehicle, instead of being deposited upon... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4133575 | Vibration damping means for windshield A vibration damper for a windshield, comprising a suction-type mounting assembly having a suction cup consisting at least partially of resilient material and adapted to engage the internal surface of the windshield and to form therewith a peripheral seal;... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4131269 | Device for protection of vehicle windows against ice or frost A device for the protection of vehicle windows against frost and ice, comprising a housing mounted on the vehicle roof and containing a roller blind which may be pulled down from a slot in the housing to cover the window. The blind has at its lower end a ... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4121380 | Louvered window shade device A louvered window shade device for installation relative to the rear windows of automobiles, particularly of the body types commonly known as fast-backs, hatch-backs, etc., wherein substantially portions of the interior compartments thereof are normally e... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4109957 | Quickly removable windshield curtain A quickly removable curtain assembly for covering the inside of a vehicle windshield. The curtain assembly includes an opaque cloth panel for covering the windshield and front side windows of a vehicle such as a recreation vehicle or van.... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4049036 | Windshield covers A vehicle window cover that includes a sheet of semi-flexible material having air spaces or interstices therein; the sheet generally contains a plurality of voids or recesses between two opposing layers; and straps or the like to affix the same to the veh... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4025103 | Pane cover device, particularly for windshields and windows of motor vehicles The invention relates to a pane cover device particularly for automotive windshields and windows, consisting of a covering sheet of plastic foil, rubber, fabric or any similar substitute, with the two shorter sides of the covering sheet being provided wit... | 05/24/1977 |
| 3957301 | Vehicle sun shade A vehicle sun shade or sunscreen which is removeably mounted on the top of a vehicle, such as an automobile or the like, including a rigid frame, front and back collapsible sunscreen panels which cover the front and back vehicle windows and rotate from a ... | 05/18/1976 |
