Protective cover

Claim 2

A protective cover adapted for pendant support on the outside handle of an automobile door to overlay the door outside surface of the automobile, in combination, pad means including a planar pad body of an area of at least about 1 square foot and of a height between the upper and lower edges and between the opposite side edges of at least about 1 foot, said pad comprising a construction of cushiony fabric material of a thickness of at least about one-quarter inch; and hook means secured to said planar body for pendantly supporting said pad means including a wire hook portion terminating in a downwardly oriented hooked end, said hook portion extending from the central region of the upper edge of said pad a distance of at least about 2 inches, said hooked end being adapted to be loosely hooked over the handle of the door of an automobile, with said planar body disposed flatwise over the outside door surface of the automobile.

Claim 3

The protective cover as set forth in claim 1 wherein said hook means includes a shank portion and a bite portion with the plane of the bite portion of said hook means being normally arranged at an angle intersecting the main plane of said pad body, whereby the pad body is oriented with an outside surface on the side away from the bite portion.

Claim 4

The protective cover as set forth in claim 1 wherein said pad body comprises a patch of carpet material.

Claim 5

The protective cover as set forth in claim 1 wherein said hook means comprises a coathanger having diverging leg portions and a protective tubular means coaxially fitted over the hook portion of said coathanger.

Claim 6

The protective cover as set forth in claim 4 wherein said pad body is of double wall thickness defining a pocket and including a folded upper edge with an opening formed in the central region of said upper edge, and with the leg portions of said coathanger being constrained in said pocket with the hook portion projecting through the opening in said folded upper edge.

Claim 7

The protective cover as set forth in claim 5 wherein peripheral seam means are provided in said opposite side edges and said lower edge of said pad body securing the double wall thicknesses together, defining said pocket therein.

Claim 8

A protective cover device to be pendantly supported on the outside handle of an automobile door for protecting the door outer surface, comprising pad means formed substantially entirely of thick heavy fabric material, said pad means including a generally rectangular body, vertically arranged and having a double thickness upper portion defining an upper pocket defined in part by an upper edge margin connecting the opposite thicknesses of material of the pocket, and with the upper edge margin having an opening communicating with the interior of the upper pocket; and, hanger means for supporting said pad means from the door handle of the automobile, said hanger means being of ordinary wire coathanger configuration having a generally triangular lower portion, a hook portion, and a shank portion connecting the triangular lower portion and hook portion; the triangular portion of said hanger means being constrained in said upper pocket of said pad body with said hook portion projecting through said opening, said hook portion being adapted to be loosely hooked over the automobile door handle for pendantly supporting the pad body over the exterior surface of the automobile door.

Claim 9

A protective cover device to be pendantly supported on the outside handle of an automobile door for protecting the door outer surface, comprising pad means formed substantially entirely of thick heavy fabric material, said pad means including a generally rectangular body, vertically arranged and having a double thickness upper portion defining an upper pocket defined in part by an upper edge margin connecting the opposite thicknesses of material of the pocket, and with the upper edge margin having an opening communicating with the interior of the upper pocket; and, hanger means for supporting said pad means from the door handle of the automobile, said hanger means being of ordinary wire coathanger configuration having a generally triangular lower portion, a hook portion, and a shank portion connecting the triangular lower portion and hook portion; the triangular portion of said hanger means being constrained in said upper pocket of said pad body with said hook portion projecting through said opening, said hook portion being adapted to be loosely hooked over the automobile door handle for pendantly supporting the pad body over the exterior surface of the automobile door.

Claim 10

A protective cover device as set forth in claim 7 wherein said pad body includes a lower portion of double thickness form defining a lower pocket adapted to receive cushioning material.

Claim 11

A protective cover device as set forth in claim 8 wherein the lower pocket of said pad body opens upwardly and includes thread seam means securing together the double fabric thicknesses along respectively opposite side edge margins and the lower edge margin of the pad body.