Patent ID: 7093878
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
1. An automobile cover assembly including a roof portion, a windshield portion, a pair of side window portions and a rear window portion, wherein the windshield portion the side window portions and the rear window portion are connected to each other and to the roof portion for covering an upper portion of a passenger area of the automobile and wherein the windshield portion, the side window portions and the rear window portion each include a lower edge, the windshield portion having an upper edge, said assembly further comprising: a plurality of rigid sheets secured to the windshield portion and extending from the lower edge to the upper edge of the windshield portion, and a non-flexible strap being received in a pocket formed on the cover, the strap extending within the pocket along the lower edges of each side portion and extending across the windshield portion spaced from the lower edge of the windshield portion as to extend over a bottom half of each of said plurality of rigid sheets, the ends of the strap being interconnected near the lower edge of the rear window portion, whereby the strap extending over the plurality of rigid sheets creates a restraining force to resist unwanted movement of the cover assembly in windy conditions.