Patent Application
20180086286
The present invention relates to a door guard for mounting to an automobile door for the purpose of preventing scratches and dings that can occur when opening the automobile door and, more specifically, to an integrated plastic molding door guard with insulating member and integrating clip member.
Automobile door guards are known in the industry and are typically applied to a door's rear flange in order to prevent the door from scratching or denting other objects, such as an adjacent automobile, and the automobile door itself from damage when opening the door. These door guards are typically applied along the door's flange at the rear of the door. Typically these door guards are applied using adhesives or plastic molding either installed during manufacture or after market. However, these door guards are typically just functional and once installed may not be that easy to remove and re-install. In addition, they are often not that discrete and easily manageable. In other words, removing, storing, and re-installing is not always easily done. The point being is that although the user may have a need for the door guard, the user may not always desire the door guard be present, especially when not needed. As such, there is a need for a door guard that is functional, discrete, easy to install, easy to remove, and cheap to produce.
The objectives of the invention are achieved by providing a door guard with an elongated body made from a single piece of plastic. The body can have a length of between two to six inches, a width of between two to five inches, and a thickness of between a quarter and three inches. The door guard further includes a plastic clip formed on a surface of the guard. The clip has a hooked shape that can be slideably mateable with a flange of an automobile door so that the length of the body extends along the length of the door.
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Thus, While there have been shown and described and pointed out fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to a preferred embodiment thereof, it will be under stood that various omissions and substitutions and changes in the form and details of the devices illustrated, and in their operation, may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, it is expressly intended that all combinations of those elements and/or method steps which perform substantially the same function in substantially the same way to achieve the same results are within the scope of the invention. Substitutions of elements from one described embodiment to another are also fully intended and contemplated. It is also to be understood that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale but that they are merely conceptual in nature. It is the intention, therefore, to be limited only as indicated by the scope of the claims appended hereto.
