Inflatable protective covers for motor vehicles

Title: Inflatable protective covers for motor vehicles

Related Patent Categories: Purses, Wallets, And Protective Covers, Protective Cover Made Of Flaccid Material, For A Vehicle Exterior

Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Claims

The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070284023, Inflatable protective covers for motor vehicles.

1. An inflatable protective cover for motor vehicles, comprising: a flexible bladder which includes respective upper and lower sheets each made of a lightweight, pliable, waterproof, air-tight material of a shape adapted to substantially cover the motor vehicle, said sheets having mating outer peripheries affixed together in an air-tight manner at a first peripheral seam at an outer periphery of said bladder to form at least one inflatable pocket therebetween; a valve device adapted to allow adding of air to said inflatable pocket to inflate said bladder when the protective cover is in a deployed position covering the motor vehicle and removing of air from said inflatable pocket to deflate said bladder prior to removing the protective cover to a stowed position disposed off the motor vehicle; and a securing device adapted to removably retain said outer periphery of said bladder about a lower periphery of the motor vehicle when the protective cover is in the deployed position.

2. The protective cover according to claim 1, wherein the upper and lower sheets are each made of a material chosen from the group consisting of sheet vinyl material, laminated nylon rip-stop material, laminated polyester rip-stop material, a top layer of sheet vinyl material with a felt bottom layer, a top layer of sheet vinyl material with a fluffed polyester bottom layer, a top layer of laminated nylon rip-stop material with a felt bottom layer, a top layer of laminated nylon rip-stop material with a fluffed polyester bottom layer, a top layer of laminated polyester rip-stop material with a felt bottom layer, and a top layer of laminated polyester rip-stop material with a fluffed polyester bottom layer, said upper and lower sheets having a configuration at each vehicle exhaust pipe chosen from the group consisting of neither of said upper and lower sheets having a flexible heat resistant panel at each vehicle exhaust pipe and at least one of said upper and lower sheets having said heat-resistant panel at each vehicle exhaust pipe.

3. The protective cover according to claim 1, wherein the securing device comprise, a draw cord disposed along the outer periphery of the bladder extending substantially completely around the lower periphery of the motor vehicle in the deployed position with respective ends of the draw cord being adapted for drawing said outer periphery inwardly about the motor vehicle and releasibly securing thereabout by affixing together said ends of said draw cord.

4. The protective cover according to claim 3, wherein the draw cord is disposed through an elongate peripheral channel of the bladder with a cord outlet opening through which respective ends of said draw cord extend.

5. The protective cover according to claim 4, wherein the peripheral channel is formed by doubling over the outer periphery of the bladder and affixing together at a second peripheral seam.

6. The protective cover according to claim 4, wherein the cord outlet opening is of a type chosen from the group consisting of a space in the second peripheral seam, a pair of spaced-apart holes unreinforced with respective grommets in that of the upper and lower sheets having the peripheral channel, and a pair of spaced-apart holes reinforced with respective grommets in that of said upper and lower sheets having said peripheral channel.

7. The protective cover according to claim 3, wherein the draw cord comprises a braided material of an outer diameter of between about one-sixteenth and three-eighths inch.

8. The protective cover according to claim 1, wherein the outer peripheries of the upper and lower sheets are hemmed.

9. The protective cover according to claim 1, wherein the bladder is adapted to fit motor vehicles of a type chosen from the group consisting of automobiles and motorcycles.

10. The protective cover according to claim 1, wherein the bladder is adapted to fit about the motor vehicle in a manner chosen from the group consisting of baggily to fit a multiplicity of motor vehicles and custom-fit to the particular motor vehicle.

11. The protective cover according to claim 10, wherein the bladder fits to the motor vehicle in the baggily manner having a single inflatable pocket with the upper and lower sheets each comprising a single panel.

12. The protective cover according to claim 10, wherein the bladder fits to the motor vehicle in the custom-fit manner having a plurality of interconnected inflatable pockets with the upper and lower sheets each comprising a plurality of panels affixed together at respective panel seams.

13. The protective cover according to claim 12, wherein the bladder is adapted to fit motor vehicles of a type chosen from the group consisting of automobiles and motorcycles, in said bladder adapted to fit automobiles the upper and lower sheets each including a roof panel, a pair of side panels, a front windshield panel, a rear windshield panel, a front bumper panel, a trunk panel, and a rear bumper panel, and in said bladder adapted to fit motorcycles said upper and lower sheets each including a top handlebars panel, a front handlebars panel, and a rear handlebars panel, a front wheel panel, a rear wheel panel, respective side panels, a front bumper panel, and a rear bumper panel.

14. The protective cover according to claim 13, wherein the upper and lower sheets each further include at least one additional feature chosen from the group consisting of at least one mirror panel, at least one saddlebag panel, and at least one of the rear wheel panel and the side panels being adapted to fit over a saddlebag of the motorcycle.

15. The protective cover according to claim 12, wherein the inflatable pockets are formed by the upper sheet being affixed to the lower sheet at a plurality of partial length seams inside the first peripheral seam of the bladder to form a plurality of interconnected inflatable pockets therebetween.

16. The protective cover according to claim 15, wherein the bladder is adapted to fit motor vehicles of a type chosen from the group consisting of automobiles and motorcycles, said bladder adapted to fit automobiles having inflatable pockets including at least one each of a roof pocket, a pair of opposite side pockets, a front windshield pocket, a rear windshield pocket, a front bumper pocket, a trunk pocket, and a rear bumper pocket, and said bladder adapted to fit motorcycles having inflatable pockets including at least one each of a top handlebars pocket, a front handlebars pocket, and a rear handlebars pocket, a front wheel pocket, a rear wheel pocket, respective side pockets, a front bumper pocket, and a rear bumper pocket.

17. The protective cover according to claim 16, wherein the bladder further includes at least one additional inflatable pocket chosen from the group consisting of a mirror pocket and a saddlebag pocket.

18. The protective cover according to claim 15, wherein the partial length seams are disposed in groups of parallel seams.

19. The protective cover according to claim 18, wherein when the bladder is in the deployed position covering the motor vehicle, said partial length seams of each group are substantially disposed in an orientation chosen from the group consisting of horizontally disposed and vertically disposed.

20. The protective cover according to claim 1, wherein the valve device comprises an inflation member affixed to the bladder having an inflating position extending generally outwardly therefrom, said inflation member having an air hole extending therethrough which is in fluid communication with the inflatable pocket, and a stopper device adapted to allow selective sealing and unsealing of said air hole.

21. The protective cover according to claim 20, wherein the inflation member comprises a resilient nipple made of rubber-like material which includes a base affixed to the bladder at an inflation hole therethrough and a tip distal from said bladder with an integral stopper retained thereto by an integral strap, said stopper being adapted to closely removably fit within the air hole to permit inflation and retention of air within said bladder by inserting said stopper into said air hole, said nipple having a stowed position flush with said bladder extending inwardly through said inflation hole into said inflatable pocket.

22. The protective cover according to claim 1, further comprising a quick deflation device affixed to the bladder in fluid communication with the inflatable pocket adapted to selectively retain and allow quick removal of air from within said inflatable pocket.

23. The protective cover according to claim 22, wherein the quick deflation device comprises a tubular base having a longitudinal hole therethrough, said base being affixed to the bladder with said longitudinal hole in fluid communication with the inflatable pocket through a deflation hole through said bladder, and a mating cap removably affixable to said base adapted to provide an air-tight seal therewith.

24. The protective cover according to claim 23, wherein the cap threadably attaches to the base.

25. The protective cover according to claim 23, wherein the base comprises a flanged base having a flat annular flange and an upstanding tubular neck, said flange being affixed to the bladder within the inflatable pocket with said neck extending through the deflation hole.

26. The protective cover according to claim 23, wherein the valve device comprises an inflation member affixed to the cap and having an inflating position extending generally outwardly therefrom, said inflation member having an air hole extending therethrough which is in fluid communication with the inflatable pocket, and a stopper device adapted to allow selective sealing and unsealing of said air hole.

27. The protective cover according to claim 26, wherein the cap comprises a circular end wall having a nipple hole therethrough and a dependent annular peripheral wall, the inflation member comprises a resilient nipple made of rubber-like material which includes a base adapted to be closely received within said nipple hole of said cap with an annular groove adapted for anchoring thereto, and a tip distal from said cap with an integral stopper retained thereto by an integral strap, said stopper being adapted to closely removably fit within the air hole to permit inflation and retention of air within said bladder by inserting said stopper into said air hole, said nipple having a stowed position flush with said bladder extending inwardly through said inflation hole into said inflatable pocket.

28. The protective cover according to claim 23, wherein the cap includes a resilient annular gasket affixed to the end wall which is adapted to engage an annular end surface of the base to provide the air-tight seal therewith.

29. The protective cover according to claim 1, further comprising a draw lock which includes a tubular housing having a longitudinal hole therethrough adapted to closely receive the ends of the draw cord therethrough in side-by-side manner, a cam-lock lever pivotally connected to said housing disposed within a transverse hole which extends into said housing to said longitudinal hole, said lever having a camming surface adapted to frictionally engage said ends of said draw cord within said housing to permit movement of said draw lock towards the bladder but not away therefrom so as to tighten car cover about the motor vehicle, said lever being releasable by gripping in-hand and pivoting outwardly to remove said camming surface from contact with said ends of said draw cord.

30. The protective cover according to claim 1, wherein the upper sheet is of a rounded rectangular shape and the lower sheet is of mating rounded rectangular shape to said upper sheet.

31. The protective cover according to claim 1, further comprising: a flexible bladder cover comprising respective upper and lower covers including respective upper and lower sheets each made of a lightweight, pliable, waterproof material shaped to have mating outer peripheries which when affixed together form an outer periphery of said bladder cover and form a bladder pocket therebetween adapted to closely receive the bladder therein in both the inflated and deflated conditions; at least one closure device is adapted to retain together said outer peripheries of said upper and lower sheets together disposed about said bladder; and wherein the securing device is attached to the bladder cover to removably retain said bladder cover and said outer periphery of said bladder about the motor vehicle when the protective cover is in the deployed position disposed about the motor vehicle.

32. The protective cover according to claim 31, wherein the closure device comprises a zipper having an elongate first half track thereof affixed at a zipper seam along substantially an entire length of the outer periphery of the upper sheet, a mating second half track affixed at a zipper seam along substantially an entire length of the outer periphery of the lower sheet, and a movable zipping member to removably retain the bladder within the bladder pocket of the bladder cover.

33. The protective cover according to claim 31, wherein the securing device comprises a draw cord disposed along the outer periphery of the bladder extending substantially completely around the motor vehicle in the deployed position with respective ends of the draw cord being adapted for drawing said outer periphery of said bladder inwardly about the motor vehicle and releasibly securing thereabout by affixing together said ends of said draw cord.

34. The protective cover according to claim 33, wherein the draw cord is disposed through an elongate peripheral channel of the bladder cover formed in one of the upper and lower sheets thereof with a cord outlet opening through which the ends of said draw cord respectively extend.

35. The protective cover according to claim 34, wherein the peripheral channel is formed by doubling over the outer periphery of the one of the upper and lower sheets of the upper and lower covers and affixing together at a second peripheral seam.

36. The protective cover according to claim 34, wherein the cord outlet opening is of a type chosen from the group consisting of a space in the second peripheral seam, a pair of spaced-apart holes unreinforced with respective grommets in that of the upper and lower sheets having the peripheral channel, and a pair of spaced-apart holes reinforced with respective grommets in that of said upper and lower sheets having said peripheral channel.

37. The protective cover according to claim 31, wherein the waterproof material from which the upper and lower sheets are made is breathable.

38. The protective cover according to claim 1, wherein the material from which the upper and lower sheets are made is thin and readily foldable so as to allow the protective cover to be compactly folded to a hand-held size for single use by unfolding and subsequent disposal.

39. The protective cover according to claim 38, wherein the material comprises a plastic film.

40. The protective cover according to claim 39, wherein the material comprises a metal coated film.

41. The protective cover according to claim 39, wherein said plastic material is of a thickness ranging from about 1 mils to about 6 mils.

42. The protective cover according to claim 38, wherein the bladder has substantially straight edges to facilitate folding and packaged thereof into the compact hand-held size.

43. The protective cover according to claim 38, wherein the bladder is of a fit, inflatable pocket number, and construction chosen from the group consisting of fits to the motor vehicle in the baggily manner having a single inflatable pocket with the upper and lower sheets each comprising a single inflatable pocket and fits to the motor vehicle in the custom-fit manner having a plurality of interconnected inflatable pockets with said upper and lower sheets each comprising a plurality of panels affixed together at respective panel seams.

44. The protective cover according to claim 38, wherein the valve device comprises an inflation member affixed to the bladder having an inflating position extending generally outwardly therefrom, said inflation member having an air hole extending therethrough which is in fluid communication with the inflatable pocket, and a stopper device adapted to allow selective sealing and unsealing of said air hole.

45. The protective cover according to claim 44, wherein the inflation member comprises a resilient nipple made of rubber-like material which includes a base affixed to the bladder at an inflation hole therethrough and a tip distal from said bladder with an integral stopper retained thereto by an integral strap, said stopper being adapted to closely removably fit within the air hole to permit inflation and retention of air within said bladder by inserting said stopper into said air hole, said nipple having a stowed position flush with said bladder extending inwardly through said inflation hole into said inflatable pocket.

46. The protective cover according to claim 38, further comprising a quick deflation device affixed to the bladder in fluid communication with the inflatable pocket adapted to selectively retain and allow quick removal of air from within said inflatable pocket.

47. The protective cover according to claim 46, wherein the quick deflation device comprises a thin, flat annular base having a flat exterior surface and a center hole, said base being affixed to the bladder with said exterior surface outwardly disposed and said center hole in fluid communication with the inflatable pocket through a deflation hole through said bladder, and a mating thin, flat deflation cover removably affixed to said exterior surface of said base adapted to provide an air-tight seal therewith to permit inflation of said bladder while being removable therefrom to permit quick deflation of said bladder.

48. The protective cover according to claim 47, wherein the deflation cover is affixed to the base using an adhesive layer.

49. The protective cover according to claim 48, wherein the base is circular and the deflation cover comprises a circular disk and an integral gripping tab.

50. The protective cover according to claim 38, further comprising an outer package made of plastic film which contains the protective cover prior to use.

51. The protective cover according to claim 50, wherein the outer package is sealed about the protective cover in an air-tight manner, and packaging thereof is done by vacuum packaging to remove air from within said outer package to minimize its size.

52. The protective cover according to claim 50, wherein the outer package includes a release band which extends therearound adapted for gripping and opening said package.

53. The protective cover according to claim 38, wherein the bladder is folded in stages at least one of which is an accordion folding at respective major fold lines to provide the hand-held size.

54. The protective cover according to claim 53, wherein at least some of the major fold lines are along respective seams of the bladder.

55. An inflatable protective cover for motor vehicles, comprising: a flexible bladder which includes respective upper and lower sheets each made of a lightweight, pliable, waterproof, air-tight material of a shape adapted to substantially cover the motor vehicle, said sheets having mating outer peripheries affixed together in an air-tight manner at a first peripheral seam at an outer periphery of said bladder to form at least one inflatable pocket therebetween; a valve device adapted to allow adding of air to said inflatable pocket to inflate said bladder when the protective cover is in a deployed position covering the motor vehicle and removing of air from said inflatable pocket to deflate said bladder prior to removing the protective cover to a stowed position disposed off the motor vehicle; a securing device adapted to removably retain said outer periphery of said bladder about a lower periphery of the motor vehicle when the protective cover is in the deployed position; and wherein said upper and lower sheets are each made of a material chosen from the group consisting of sheet vinyl material, laminated nylon rip-stop material, laminated polyester rip-stop material, a top layer of sheet vinyl material with a felt bottom layer, a top layer of sheet vinyl material with a fluffed polyester bottom layer, a top layer of laminated nylon rip-stop material with with a felt bottom layer, and a top layer of laminated polyester rip-stop material with a fluffed polyester bottom layer, a felt bottom layer, a top layer of laminated nylon rip-stop material with a fluffed polyester bottom layer, a top layer of laminated polyester rip-stop material with a felt bottom layer, and a top layer of laminated polyester rip-stop material with a fluffed polyester bottom layer, wherein said upper and lower sheets having a configuration at each vehicle exhaust pipe chosen from the group consisting of neither of said upper and lower sheets having a flexible heat resistant panel at each vehicle exhaust pipe and at least one of said upper and lower sheets having said heat-resistant panel at each vehicle exhaust pipe, wherein said securing device comprises a draw cord disposed along said outer periphery of said bladder extending substantially completely around the motor vehicle in the deployed position with respective ends of said draw cord being adapted for drawing said outer periphery inwardly about the motor vehicle and releasibly securing thereabout by affixing together said ends of said draw cord, wherein said draw cord is disposed through an elongate peripheral channel of said bladder with a cord outlet opening through which respective ends of said draw cord extend, wherein said peripheral channel is formed by doubling over said outer periphery of said bladder and affixing together at a second peripheral seam, wherein said cord outlet opening is of a type chosen from the group consisting of a space in said second peripheral seam, a pair of spaced-apart holes without grommets in at least one of said upper and lower sheets, and a pair of spaced-apart holes reinforced with respective grommets in said bladder through which said ends of said draw cord extend, wherein said bladder is adapted to fit motor vehicles of a type chosen from the group consisting of automobiles and motorcycles, wherein said bladder is adapted to fit about the motor vehicle in a manner chosen from the group consisting of baggily to fit a multiplicity of motor vehicles and custom-fit to the particular motor vehicle, and wherein said valve device comprises an inflation member affixed to said bladder having an inflating position extending generally outwardly therefrom, said inflation member having an air hole extending therethrough which is in fluid communication with said inflatable pocket, and a stopper device adapted to allow selective sealing and unsealing of said air hole.

56. The protective cover according to claim 55, further comprising: a quick deflation device affixed to the bladder in fluid communication with the inflatable pocket adapted to selectively retain and allow quick removal of air from within the inflatable pocket; and wherein said bladder fits to the motor vehicle in the baggily manner having a single inflatable pocket with the upper and lower sheets each comprising a single panel, wherein said quick deflation device comprises a tubular base having a longitudinal hole therethrough, said base being affixed to said bladder with said longitudinal hole in fluid communication with said inflatable pocket through a deflation hole through said bladder, and a mating cap removably affixable to said base by threadably attaching thereto adapted to provide an air-tight seal therewith, wherein said base comprises a flanged base having a flat annular flange and an upstanding tubular neck, said flange being affixed to said bladder within the inflatable pocket with said neck extending through said deflation hole, wherein said cap comprises a circular end wall having a nipple hole therethrough and a dependent annular peripheral wall, wherein the inflation member comprises a resilient nipple made of rubber-like material which includes a base adapted to be closely received within said nipple hole of said cap with an annular groove adapted for anchoring thereto, and a tip distal from said cap with an integral stopper retained thereto by an integral strap, said stopper being adapted to closely removably fit within the air hole to permit inflation and retention of air within said bladder by inserting said stopper into said air hole, said nipple having a stowed position flush with said bladder extending inwardly through said inflation hole into said inflatable pocket, and wherein the upper sheet is of a rounded rectangular shape and the lower sheet is of mating rounded rectangular shape to said upper sheet.

57. The protective cover according to claim 55, wherein the bladder fits to the motor vehicle in the custom-fit manner having a plurality of interconnected inflatable pockets with the upper and lower sheets each comprising a plurality of panels affixed together at respective panel seams, said bladder being adapted to fit motor vehicles of a type chosen from the group consisting of automobiles and motorcycles, in said bladder adapted to fit automobiles said upper and lower sheets each including a roof panel, a pair of side panels, a front windshield panel, a rear windshield panel, a front bumper panel, a trunk panel, and a rear bumper panel and having inflatable pockets including at least one each of a roof pocket, a pair of opposite side pockets, a front windshield pocket, a rear windshield pocket, a front bumper pocket, a trunk pocket, and a rear bumper pocket, and in said bladder adapted to fit motorcycles said upper and lower sheets each including a top handlebars panel, a front handlebars panel, and a rear handlebars panel, a front wheel panel, a rear wheel panel, respective side panels, a front bumper panel, and a rear bumper panel and having inflatable pockets including at least one each of a top handlebars pocket, a front handlebars pocket, and a rear handlebars pocket, a front wheel pocket, a rear wheel pocket, respective side pockets, a front bumper pocket, and a rear bumper pocket, and wherein said inflatable pockets of each are formed by respective of said upper sheets being affixed to respective of said lower sheets at a plurality of partial length seams inside the first peripheral seam of said bladder to form a plurality of interconnected inflatable pockets there-between.

58. The protective cover according to claim 57, further comprising: a quick deflation device affixed to the bladder in fluid communication with the inflatable pocket adapted to selectively retain and allow quick removal of air from within said inflatable pocket; and wherein the partial length seams are disposed in groups of parallel seams such that when said bladder is in the deployed position covering the motor vehicle, said partial length seams of each group are substantially disposed in an orientation chosen from the group consisting of horizontally disposed and vertically disposed, wherein the inflation member comprises a resilient nipple made of rubber-like material which includes a base affixed to said bladder at an inflation hole therethrough and a tip distal from said bladder with an integral stopper retained thereto by an integral strap, said stopper being adapted to closely removably fit within said air hole to permit inflation and retention of air within said bladder by inserting said stopper into said air hole, said nipple having a stowed position flush with said bladder extending inwardly through said inflation hole into said inflatable pocket, wherein the quick deflation device comprises a tubular base having a longitudinal hole therethrough, said base being affixed to said bladder with said longitudinal hole in fluid communication with said inflatable pocket through a deflation hole through said bladder, and a mating cap removably affixable to said base by threadably attaching thereto adapted to provide an air-tight seal therewith, and wherein said base comprises a flanged base having a flat annular flange and an upstanding tubular neck, said flange being affixed to said bladder within said inflatable pocket with said neck extending through said deflation hole.

59. The protective cover according to claim 55, wherein the material from which the upper and lower sheets are made is a thin and readily foldable plastic film of a thickness ranging from about 1 mils to about 6 mils so as to allow the protective cover to be compactly folded to a hand-held size for single use by unfolding and subsequent disposal, said bladder having substantially straight edges to facilitate folding and packaged thereof into the compact hand-held size and being of a fit, inflatable pocket number, and construction chosen from the group consisting of fits to the motor vehicle in the baggily manner having a single inflatable pocket with said upper and lower sheets each comprising a single inflatable pocket and fits to the motor vehicle in the custom-fit manner having a plurality of interconnected inflatable pockets with said upper and lower sheets each comprising a plurality of panels affixed together at respective panel seams, and wherein the valve device comprises an inflation member affixed to said bladder having an inflating position extending generally outwardly therefrom, said inflation member having an air hole extending therethrough which is in fluid communication with said inflatable pocket, and a stopper device adapted to allow selective sealing and unsealing of said air hole.

60. The protective cover according to claim 59, further comprising: an outer package made of plastic film which contains the protective cover prior to use; a quick deflation device affixed to the bladder in fluid communication with the inflatable pocket adapted to selectively retain and allow quick removal of air from within the inflatable pocket, said quick deflation device comprising a thin, flat annular base which is circular having a flat exterior surface and a center hole, said base being affixed to said bladder with said exterior surface outwardly disposed and said center hole in fluid communication with the inflatable pocket through a deflation hole through said bladder, and a mating thin, flat deflation cover comprised of a circular disk and an integral gripping tab removably affixed to said exterior surface of said base using an adhesive layer adapted to provide an air-tight seal therewith to permit inflation of said bladder while being removable therefrom to permit quick deflation of said bladder; and wherein the inflation member comprises a resilient nipple made of rubber-like material which includes a base affixed to said bladder at an inflation hole therethrough and a tip distal from said bladder with an integral stopper retained thereto by an integral strap, said stopper being adapted to closely removably fit within the air hole to permit inflation and retention of air within said bladder by inserting said stopper into said air hole, said nipple having a stowed position flush with said bladder extending inwardly through said inflation hole into said inflatable pocket,

61. The protective cover according to claim 60, wherein the material comprises a metal coated film, wherein the outer package is sealed about the protective cover in an air-tight manner and packaging thereof is done by vacuum packaging to remove air from within said outer package to minimize its size, and wherein said outer package includes a release band which extends therearound adapted for gripping and opening said package.

62. The protective cover according to claim 60, wherein the bladder is folded in stages at least one of which is an accordion folding at respective major fold lines to provide the hand-held size, and wherein at least some of said major fold lines are along respective seams of said bladder.

63. The protective cover according to claim 55, further comprising: a flexible bladder cover comprising respective upper and lower covers including respective upper and lower sheets each made of a lightweight, pliable, waterproof material shaped to have mating outer peripheries which when affixed together form an outer periphery of said bladder cover and form a bladder pocket therebetween adapted to closely receive the bladder therein in both the inflated and deflated conditions; at least one closure device is adapted to retain together said outer peripheries of said upper and lower sheets together disposed about said bladder; and wherein the securing device is attached to the bladder cover to removably retain said bladder cover and said outer periphery of said bladder about the motor vehicle when the protective cover is in the deployed position disposed about the motor vehicle.

64. The protective cover according to claim 63, wherein the closure device conmprises a zipper having an elongate first half track thereof affixed at a zipper seam along substantially an entire length of the outer periphery of the upper sheet, a mating second half track affixed at a zipper seam along substantially an entire length of the outer periphery of the lower sheet, and a movable zipping member to removably retain the bladder within the bladder pocket of the bladder cover, wherein the securing device comprises a draw cord disposed along the outer periphery of said bladder extending substantially completely around the motor vehicle in the deployed position with respective ends of the draw cord being adapted for drawing said outer periphery of said bladder inwardly about the motor vehicle and releasibly securing thereabout by affixing together said ends of said draw cord, wherein said draw cord is disposed through an elongate peripheral channel of said bladder cover formed in one of said upper and lower sheets thereof with a cord outlet opening through which said ends of said draw cord respectively extend, wherein said peripheral channel is formed by doubling over said outer periphery of said one of said upper and lower sheets of the upper and lower covers and affixing together at a second peripheral seam, and wherein said cord outlet opening is of a type chosen from the group consisting of a space in said second peripheral seam, a pair of spaced-apart holes unreinforced with respective grommets in that of said upper and lower sheets having the peripheral channel, and a pair of spaced-apart holes reinforced with respective grommets in that of said upper and lower sheets having said peripheral channel.

65. The protective cover according to claim 64, wherein the waterproof material from which the upper and lower sheets are made is breathable.

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