Patent ID: 6813863
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: E04B,E04H

Abstract:
An automobile protection system for a multiple car garage having multiple car parking spaces, a roof, sidewalls and an overhead door opening, and an overhead door for closing said overhead door opening, said overhead door opening and overhead door being sized to permit multiple cars to pass, comprising a support structure extending downward below the garage roof, said support structure being located between the multiple car parking spaces and extending toward the overhead garage door and with at least a portion of said support structure beneath the overhead door when in its open position, said support structure being located to permit said overhead garage door to be put in fully open position without contacting said support structure, a cushion extending downward beneath and from said support structure and with at least a portion of said cushion beneath the overhead when in its open position, said cushion being sized to extend along the length of the doors of cars parked in the parking spaces and a substantial distance toward said door opening and with at least a portion of said cushion beneath said overhead door when in its open position, said support structure being of a height sufficient to not interfere with a person entering a parked car, said support structure maintaining said cushion in position without movement when said overhead door is moved between its open and closed positions, said cushion being flexible in a horizontal direction to accommodate and be moved by opening a door of one of said parked cars, with said moving cushion and not said opening door striking the adjacent parked car, whereby two or more cars may be parked in said multiple parking spaces without the opening door of one car contacting the other car.