Patent ID: 8733380

Claim:
A garage car cover apparatus attached or attachable to a ceiling of a garage, said apparatus comprising: a power unit attached or attachable to the ceiling; a flexible flat fabric car cover shaped and sized to drapingly cover a generally rectangular vehicle; a plurality of spaced sheaves operably connectable or connected to said power unit for driven rotation by said power unit; a plurality of spaced attaching points, one attaching point of said plurality of attaching points located at each corner, centrally of, and at a midpoint along each lengthwise edge of said car cover; a plurality of line support members each connectable to the ceiling directly above a corresponding one of said attaching points; a plurality of flexible lines each connected or connectable at one end thereof to one of said sheaves, another end of each of said lines being connected to one of said attaching points, a mid-portion of each of said lines being supported over one of said line support members; wherein activation of the power unit rotates said sheaves to automatically raise and lower said car cover vertically from, and drapingly onto the vehicle.