US 12,331,670 B2
Anti-theft covering system for catalytic converters
Thomas J. Birsen, Waterville, OH (US); and David Birsen, Waterville, OH (US)
Filed by Thomas J. Birsen, Waterville, OH (US); and David Birsen, Waterville, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/129,276.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/329,397, filed on Apr. 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0052768 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. F01N 13/18 (2010.01)
CPC F01N 13/1805 (2013.01) [F01N 2260/22 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An anti-theft covering system comprising:
a flexible, heat-resistant top outer covering which faces a covered item;
a flexible heat resistant bottom outer covering which faces away from the covered item; and
more than one hardened, metal layer segments contained within the top and bottom outer covering and oriented parallel to one another, wherein adjacent to a first metal layer segment is a second metal layer segment, the first metal layer segment and the second metal layer segment are configured to move laterally and vertically independent of each other in a plane parallel to a cutting blade.