Patent ID: 8651554

Claim:
A vehicle shield for protecting a leading edge of a vehicle hood or a vehicle front fascia, the vehicle shield comprising: (a) a main body configured for attachment to a vehicle having a hood, the main body comprising: (i) a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, and a length wherein the length extends from the first side edge to the second side edge; (ii) a first side comprising a protection surface that extends between the leading, trailing, and side edges of the main body; and (iii) a second side opposite the first side, the second side comprising an attachment surface; (iv) the main body being molded such that the protection and attachment surfaces have a contour configuration arranged to follow an exterior surface contour configuration of the vehicle; and (b) an attachment system comprising: (i) a first adhesive tape section connected to the attachment surface for holding down the leading edge of the vehicle shield; and (ii) a second adhesive tape section, connected to the attachment surface for holding down the trailing edge of the vehicle shield; (c) wherein the first and second side edges of the main body contain no adhesive tape sections extending along the first and second side edges between the first and second adhesive tape sections; (d) wherein the leading edge, the trailing edge and the two side edges define a lip having an edge depth.