Instrument panel guard

Claim 1

An instrument panel guard for an instrument console having a plurality of instruments mounted on an instrument panel thereof comprising; cover means having opposite ends and a pair of arms individually secured to said ends, said cover means including a predetermined upper curved plate and a lower curved plate with each of said plates having upper and lower edges; pivot means operatively attaching said arms of said cover means externally to such instrument console for selective pivotal movement of said curved plates between a closed protective overlying position dependably enclosing such instruments and a retracted open position permitting unrestricted visual inspection of the instrument panel; and abutment means including an inwardly disposed hook formed along the lower edge of said upper plate and an outwardly disposed hook formed along the upper edge of said lower plate to permit limited relative movement of said curved plates to a nested overlapping retracted position with said inwardly disposed hook being engageable with said outwardly disposed hook to move the curved plates as a unit toward said closed position, said lower curved plate having an inwardly disposed flanged lip formed along the lower edge of said lower curved plate for abutment with the instrument console to limit the pivotal movement of said lower plate in said closed position.