Patent ID: 6948763

Claim:
A cover adapted to mount over a frame extender on a vehicle wherein said frame extender includes a generally C-shaped framework having a pair of leg sections and a central section joining said leg sections at one end thereof, said cover comprising: (A) first and second panels each having a front edge, a rear edge and a pair of side edges; (B) a pair of side panels each having opposite first and second side edges, a front side edge and a rear side edge, each of said side panels being joined to said first and second panels along the respective side edges thereof; (C) an end panel having opposite first and second edges and opposite end edges, said end edges being joined to the respective rear side edges of said side panels and said first and second edges being joined, respectively, to the rear edges of said first and second panels thereby to form an enclosure with an opening and an interior sized and adapted to receive said C-shaped framework therein in close-fitted engagement such that said end panel is positioned in confronting relation to said central section and such that said side panels are each positioned in confronting relation to a respective said leg section and such that said first and second panels span a region between the pair of leg sections of said C-shaped framework; and (D) a closure panel adapted selectively to open the opening of said enclosure to define an open state and to close the opening of said enclosure to define a closed state, said closure panel when closing the opening spanning a region between another end of each of the leg sections of said C-shaped framework opposite said one end thereof.