US 11,920,391 B2
Hinge covers for exposed vehicle door hinges
Bart Zylstra, Pleasant Hill, IA (US); Joshua Knichel, Altoona, IA (US); Bryce Rustwick, Clive, IA (US); and Eric Schuling, Bondurant, IA (US)
Assigned to Dee Zee, Inc., Des Moines, IA (US)
Filed by Dee Zee, Inc., Des Moines, IA (US)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/942,255.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/242,881, filed on Sep. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0079626 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. E05D 15/00 (2006.01); E05D 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05D 11/0054 (2013.01) [E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door hinge cover comprising:
a cover body sized and configured to cover at least one door hinge of a vehicle such that the cover body at least partially surrounds the at least one door hinge when connected to a pillar of the vehicle, the cover body comprising a fastening location that is located to align with a fastening location on the pillar for fastening the hinge cover in place with a door removed from the vehicle;
wherein the cover body is sized and configured to cover an upper door hinge and a lower door hinge of a vehicle such that the cover body at least partially surrounds the upper door hinge and the lower door hinge when connected to the pillar of the vehicle.