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US4314727A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

All-purpose weather guard

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1980-05-05
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Granted: 1982-02-09
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Expires: 2000-05-05
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Abstract

Abstract A weather guard for quick-release attachment to a child's car seat to include a transparent shatter-proof bubble, having manually activated air vents, moisture collection trough on all sides, flexible rain diversion spouts, and a padded bottom edge, and attached to the upper half of existing children car seats by the use of quick-disconnecting snaps, loop and pile fasteners, or some other suitable devise.

Inventors

  • 👤 James H. Potts

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 21:46
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47C; A47C7/00; A47C7/62; A47C7/66; A47C7/666

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 246 words
A weather guard assembly for quick-releasable attachment to the forward face of the sides and top of a child's car seat, comprising in combination: a transparent shatterproof guard having a top and front panel and two opposing sides, with their base of a configuration complementary to that of the corresponding sides of the child's car seat, and having a lip perpendicular to the sides and front of the guard, running its entire length and width, with a concave upper surface, ending at a flexible spout, protruding perpendicular to the side of the child's car seat, at the bottom front corners of the guard, and having the underside of the lip across the front panel covered with a padding material of suitable resiliancy; a triple orifice air vent, at both rear corners of the guard top panel, with said openings having a common axis to which is rotatably attached an impervious cover, having openings cooperable with the openings in the guard top panel when aligned therewith and corresponding solid portions opposing the openings in the guard top panel when aligned therewith; and means on the undersurface of the lips on the sides of said weather guard to quick-releasably attach the guard to a cooperable positioned means, permanently affixed to the forward face of the sides of the child's car seat, with said means regularly spaced along the sides of the car seat and correspondingly spaced along the undersurface of the lip on the sides of the guard.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 246 words
A weather guard assembly for quick-releasable attachment to the forward face of the sides and top of a child's car seat, comprising in combination: a transparent shatterproof guard having a top and front panel and two opposing sides, with their base of a configuration complementary to that of the corresponding sides of the child's car seat, and having a lip perpendicular to the sides and front of the guard, running its entire length and width, with a concave upper surface, ending at a flexible spout, protruding perpendicular to the side of the child's car seat, at the bottom front corners of the guard, and having the underside of the lip across the front panel covered with a padding material of suitable resiliancy; a triple orifice air vent, at both rear corners of the guard top panel, with said openings having a common axis to which is rotatably attached an impervious cover, having openings cooperable with the openings in the guard top panel when aligned therewith and corresponding solid portions opposing the openings in the guard top panel when aligned therewith; and means on the undersurface of the lips on the sides of said weather guard to quick-releasably attach the guard to a cooperable positioned means, permanently affixed to the forward face of the sides of the child's car seat, with said means regularly spaced along the sides of the car seat and correspondingly spaced along the undersurface of the lip on the sides of the guard.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 67 words
A weather guard assembly according to claim One, wherein the female portion of snaps are imbedded and regularly spaced along the undersurface of the lip on the sides of the guard and the male portion of snaps are permanently affixed to the front face of the sides of the child's car seat, at points opposing the female portion of the snapes, by a suitable means, i.e. adhesive.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 80 words
A weather guard assembly according to claim One, wherein the reverse side of the female portions of loop pile fasteners is permanently affixed to the undersurface of the lip on the sides of said guard at regularly spaced intervals and the reverse side of the male portions of velcro tape is permanently affixed to the front face of the sides of the child's car seat, at points opposing the female portions on the lip by a suitable means, i.e. adhesive.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1985-02-08 1985-08-10 1986-02-09 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1989-02-08 1989-08-10 1990-02-09 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1993-02-08 1993-08-10 1994-02-09 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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