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A wiring harness shroud to enshroud a wiring harness. The shroud holds pigtails, takeouts, connectors, harness hold-downs and the like which otherwise extend from the harness against a trunk of the harness so that it can be inserted through an opening in a firewall or other structural member of a mo

A wiring harness shroud to enshroud a wiring harness. The shroud holds pigtails, takeouts, connectors, harness hold-downs and the like which otherwise extend from the harness against a trunk of the harness so that it can be inserted through an opening in a firewall or other structural member of a motor vehicle or other product for installation of the harness. Once inserted through the opening, the shroud is removed, by a zipper closure device which initially maintains the shroud as a tubular structure but can be released to open the tubular structure to facilitate shroud removal.

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[ What is claimed:] [1.] A wiring harness shroud for enshrouding a wiring harness to be inserted through an opening of a structural member during a manufacturing operation comprising:a generally rectangular piece of cloth material having two opposed short sides and two opposed long sides;an asymmetr

[ What is claimed:] [1.] A wiring harness shroud for enshrouding a wiring harness to be inserted through an opening of a structural member during a manufacturing operation comprising:a generally rectangular piece of cloth material having two opposed short sides and two opposed long sides;an asymmetrical length zipper extending along at least a part of said piece of cloth material for releasably closing said cloth material;said zipper having a slide, a box end, a first zipper teeth set and a second zipper teeth set, said first zipper teeth set being longer than said second zipper teeth set, said slide, said first zipper teeth set and said second zipper teeth set initiating at said box end, said slide operable to engage and disengage said first zipper teeth set from said second zipper teeth set, and said slide movable past said second zipper teeth set and along said first zipper teeth set; andsaid zipper being operable after insertion of said wiring harness through said opening to disengage said first and second zipper teeth sets thereby opening at least a portion of said shroud and rapidly removing said shroud from said wiring harness.