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A protective vehicle cover for the prevention and reduction of damage from hail and similar free falling bodies. A reversible waterproof vinyl on two sides of an impact resistant plastic material covers the top, sides, front, and rear surfaces of a vehicle. The impact resistant material transmits th

A protective vehicle cover for the prevention and reduction of damage from hail and similar free falling bodies. A reversible waterproof vinyl on two sides of an impact resistant plastic material covers the top, sides, front, and rear surfaces of a vehicle. The impact resistant material transmits the force of the impact to it's opposing side to reduce the amount of force per unit of area so as to prevent damage as the force is transmitted to the vehicle. Utilization of the impact resistant material permits a product which is light weight, compact, portable, and stores easily in a vehicle trunk compartment.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A large and relatively flexible cover that is adapted to be manually placed and is of a size to extend over at least most of an upper surface and lateral side surfaces of a vehicle for protecting the upper and lateral surfaces of the vehicle from impact forces associated with fallin

[ I claim:] [1.] A large and relatively flexible cover that is adapted to be manually placed and is of a size to extend over at least most of an upper surface and lateral side surfaces of a vehicle for protecting the upper and lateral surfaces of the vehicle from impact forces associated with falling hail, consisting of:at least two complimentary sections that are releasably attachable to one another to fully cover the vehicle, each section including:a bottom vinyl like, flexible plastic layer having memory and adapted to contact the vehicle surfaces;a plurality of rigid impact resistant plastic plates attached on top of the bottom layer in a spaced apart checkerboard like manner, each of the plates have an upper surface and a lower surface; anda top vinyl like, flexible plastic layer, having memory and constructed of substantially the same size and shape as the bottom layer, attached to the upper surfaces of said plurality of plates, whereby upon impact on said top layer of said cover by hail the impact force associated with the hail is transferred through said top layer into one or more of said plurality of plates which distributes the impact force of the hail from the impact point on the upper surface of the plate to a large area on the lower surface of the plate and then to said bottom layer in order to prevent damage to the vehicle.