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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1980
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
James E White, Troy, MI (US);
Ronald S Gulette, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Walter M Wheeler, Frazer, MI (US);
Assignee:
Irvin Industries Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
296 3716 ; 160306 ;
Abstract
An automobile compartment cover, for use in covering a compartment such as the windowed rear compartment of a hatchback or a station wagon type automotive vehicle, has a variable length elongated hollow cylindrical roller about which is rolled a flexible sheet member. At least one end of the roller includes a torsional spring to provide rotational tension on the cover; and compressional spring means to provide longitudinal tension in the roller.