Protective covering for a vehicle

Claim 1

A protective covering for a motorcycle vehicle comprising: a seat adapted to be mounted in the conventional position on the motorcycle; a hollow storage compartment defined witHin said seat; means providing access to said storage compartment for selectively opening and closing the same, said seat being defined by an elongated hollow, box-like rectangular configuration having a top surface, a bottom surface, opposed sidewall and endwall surfaces, said surfaces defining the storage compartment, said means providing access to said storage compartment and comprising a slot extending transversely through said top surface; a flexible sheet member having a portion of its peripheral edge permanently affixed to said seat inwardly of said compartment, said sheet member adapted to be partially withdrawn from said compartment in a manner to completely cover said motorcycle to protect the motorcycle, said sheet being readily collapsible and adapted to be folded into said storage compartment for storage therein between use, the peripheral edges of said sheet material being permanently affixed to said seat inwardly of said storage compartment about said access slot, said access slot being recessed inwardly of said seat top surface with the means closing said access slot being in the form of an elongated closure member affixed to the opposite sides of said slot and operable in a manner to open and close said slot and wherein said means affixed to said sheet of material for assistance in deploying the same comprises a handle-shaped pull tab affixed to said sheet of material and adapted to be disposed inwardly of said storage compartment once said cover is folded thereinto whereby upon opening said closure member the user may readily grasp the pull tab to withdraw said sheet of material through said slot in a manner to deploy the same over said motorcycle.