CPC B60J 11/04 (2013.01) | 12 Claims |
1. A foldable vehicle cover for encompassing the front vehicle segment, mid-sectional vehicle segment and rear vehicle segment, each vehicle segment having longitudinal, lateral and vertical elements, the cover comprising:
a flexible fabric cover having front-end, mid-sectional, and rear-end segments, the front-end fabric segment adapted to span the front vehicle segment longitudinal, lateral and vertical elements, the mid-sectional fabric segment adapted to span the mid-sectional vehicle segment longitudinal, lateral and vertical elements, and the rear-end fabric segment adapted to span the rear vehicle segment longitudinal, lateral and vertical elements;
a stave carrying fabric cover including a plurality of front longitudinal staves carried by the front-end fabric segment, a plurality of mid-sectional longitudinal staves carried by the mid-sectional fabric segment, and a plurality of rear-end longitudinal staves carried by the rear-end fabric segment;
a laterally disposed front-end draw cord channel in the front-end fabric segment, and a laterally disposed rear-end draw cord channel in the rear-end fabric segment, the front-end draw cord channel having a first closed channel end and a first open channel end and the rear-end draw cord channel having a second closed channel end and a second open channel end;
a front-end draw cord disposed in the front cord channel with a first outboard extension extending outboard away from the first open channel end when the front-end fabric segment is substantially laid-out flat, and a rear-end draw cord disposed in the rear cord channel having a second outboard extension extending outboard away from the second channel open end when the rear-end fabric segment is substantially laid-out flat, the front and rear cord channels respectfully having first and second cord closed channel ends;
the front-end and read-end draw cords respectively proximally coupled to the first and second cord closed channel ends;
the stave carrying fabric cover having (i) a first covering mode wherein front-end, mid-sectional, and rear-end fabric segments are adapted to cover the longitudinal, lateral and vertical elements of the front, mid-sectional and rear vehicle segments, (ii) a second uncovered mode wherein front-end, mid-sectional, and rear-end fabric segments are withdrawn from the longitudinal, lateral and vertical elements of the front, mid-sectional and rear vehicle segments, (iii) a laterally compressed mode when the front-end and rear-end draw cords respectively have substantial first and second cord-spans withdrawn from the front and rear cord channels such that the first and second closed channel ends are proximal to the first and second open channel ends; and (iv) a longitudinally folded mode wherein the front-end and rear-end sectional fabric segments are folded over atop each other and atop the mid-sectional fabric segment.
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