US 12,103,368 B2
Vehicle foldable cover with theft sensor system
Harold St. Felix, West Palm Beach, FL (US)
Filed by Harold St. Felix, West Palm Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/084,354.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/294,630, filed on Dec. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202279 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B60J 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60J 11/04 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.