Patent ID: 8905459

Claim:
A cover for replaceably attaching to a hood having peripheral edges of a vehicle having an engine bay without interfering with the engine bay of the vehicle and to thereby cover and protect an ambient-facing surface of the hood of the vehicle, wherein the hood of the vehicle has a trailing edge, a leading edge, a pair of side edges, a pair of rear corners, and a pair of front corners, comprising: a) a sheet; b) a strap arrangement; wherein said sheet is for covering the ambient-facing surface of the hood of the vehicle; wherein said sheet is for protecting the ambient-facing surface of the hood of the vehicle; wherein said sheet is for lying flat on the ambient-facing surface of the hood of the vehicle; wherein said strap arrangement is attached to said sheet; wherein said strap arrangement is for replaceably attaching said sheet to the hood of the vehicle without interfering with the engine bay of the vehicle; wherein said sheet has: a) an exterior layer; b) an interior layer; wherein said sheet has a periphery; wherein said periphery of said sheet is folded downwardly upon its self to form a hemmed passageway; wherein said hemmed passageway of said periphery of said sheet is for underlying and receiving the trailing edge of the hood of the vehicle, the leading edge of the hood of the vehicle, the pair of side edges of the hood of the vehicle, the pair of rear corners of the hood of the vehicle, and the pair of front corners of the hood of the vehicle; and wherein said interior layer of said sheet extends up to, without overlapping but abutting, said hemmed passageway of said periphery of said sheet so as to avoid lumps thereat.