Patent ID: 9365099
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: B60J

Claim Text:
1. A protective cover comprising: a first section and a second section each having a plurality of panels each panel in the plurality of panels including a core material and being connected to an adjacent panel of the plurality by a laterally oriented expandable joint having elasticity, every odd-numbered laterally oriented expandable joint of the first section and every even-numbered laterally oriented joint of the second section being on and having two ends directly connected to a same face surface of the protective cover, every even-numbered laterally oriented expandable joint of the first section and every odd-numbered laterally expandable joint of the second section being on and having two ends directly connected to an opposing face surface of the protective cover; each panel of the first section being connected to an opposing panel of the second section by a longitudinally oriented expandable joint, each even- and odd-numbered longitudinally oriented expandable joint being on a same face surface of the protective cover; wherein the longitudinally oriented expandable joints permit the second section to fold-over the first section; and wherein the laterally oriented expandable joints permit accordion style folding and unfolding of the panels to move the cover between a stowed state and a deployed state.