Patent ID: 9610834
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B60J,B60R

Claim:
1. A vehicle cover device for protecting at least a portion of a motor vehicle, the device comprising: a flexible cover sheet; a car cover compartment configured to be operably attachable to the vehicle including disposed within a bumper of the vehicle and comprising a longitudinally extending cover sheet housing, which is configured to house the flexible cover sheet when in a stored state and comprising a longitudinal slot for the passage of the cover sheet through the housing; and a cover sheet attachment mechanism configured to allow attachment of the cover sheet to the vehicle after covering of the vehicle by the cover sheet, wherein the car cover compartment comprises a cover-sheet cleaning and retraction mechanism, which comprises a striker bar and is configured to cause the striker bar to repeatedly strike the cover sheet when the cover sheet is retracted into the housing to a non-deployed storage position.