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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2006
Paul Edmund Hanser, Tipton, IA (US);
Vincent Buls, Tipton, IA (US);
Paul Edmund Hanser, Tipton, IA (US);
Vincent Buls, Tipton, IA (US);
HWH Corporation, Moscow, IA (US);
Abstract
An assembly adapted to protect a vehicle with an expandable room by preventing water and debris on the roof of an expanded expandable room from being trapped or crushed between the expandable room and the body of the vehicle as the room is retracted. The assembly comprises an upper member and a lower member that mate at a pivoting connection. The upper member is attached to the outside surface of the vehicle above the expandable room. The lower member is pivotally combined with the upper member so that it hangs below the upper member and rests against the top edge of the expandable room. As the room is retracted, a spring urges a portion of the lower member to remain frictionally engaged with the roof of the expandable room so as to slide over the surface of the roof and remove water and other debris from the roof.