Patent ID: 8677692

Claim:
A cover for an automotive vehicle door latch, said cover comprising a first wall having a top and a bottom edge, a first end of the first wall mating with an end of a second wall, the second wall including top and bottom edges, the bottom and top edges of said first and second walls being contiguous, said first and second walls being angled at the mating ends, the first and second walls forming a contiguous inner surface and a contiguous outer surface, a top ridge protruding from said outer surface in a direction away from said inner surface and located adjacent the top edges, a first pair of ribs depending from terminal ends of the top ridge adjacent side edges of the first and second walls, a bottom ridge protruding from said outer surface in a direction opposite said inner surface and located between said top and bottom edges, a second pair of ribs depending from terminal ends of the bottom ridge adjacent side edges of the first and second walls, said ribs depending from the top ridge not intersecting said second ridge such that the top ridge and the second ridge define a channel on the outer surface between the top and bottom edges for directing water away from the door latch.