Patent ID: 7264299

Claim:
A decorative hood cover for a vehicle hood, where the vehicle hood has a leading edge, a concave rear edge spaced opposite the leading edge and two spaced side hood edges each contiguous between the leading edge and the rear edge, the hood cover comprising: a sheet of elastic fabric adapted to be fitted over the vehicle hood so that a peripheral portion of the sheet is folded under the vehicle hood and terminating in a peripheral tube; a draw string extending through the tube for securing the hood cover to the vehicle hood and stretching the fabric sheet across the hood top surface; a pair of corner flaps sewn to the fabric sheet to form spaced corner pockets for receiving the rear corners of the vehicle hood; a first plurality of web loops sewn to the fabric sheet adjacent the corner pockets; a first elongated strap for stretching the fabric sheet taut around the rear corners of the vehicle hood and the side edges of the vehicle hood, the first strap extending through the first plurality of web loops when connected to the tube and having each end detachably connected to the tube between the corner pockets; a second plurality of web loops sewn to the tube spaced from the corner pockets; and a second elongated strap for stretching the fabric sheet taut around the leading edge of the vehicle hood and the rear edge of the vehicle hood, the second strap extending through the second plurality of web loops when connected to the tube and having each end detachably connected to the tube between the first strap ends.