Claims
- 1. A decorative plastic covering material for vehicle roof panel and the like comprising a plastic sheet composed of a heat-softenable thermoplastic material having a heat-softening point of about 200.degree.F up to about 300.degree.F and incorporating a heat-activatable adhesive film over substantially the entire underside surface thereof, said adhesive film having a heat-activatable temperature at which tackification thereof occurs above the initial heat-softening point of said plastic sheet, said sheet being of a preselected shape and size and incorporating a convex contour over the inner area thereof of a magnitude in excess of the convex contour of a rigid vehicle roof panel over which the sheet is adapted to be applied, said plastic material in said inner area being in a prestretched condition and characterized as incorporating a memory therein for effecting a shrinkage of said sheet in response to a heating thereof to a temperature at which said sheet becomes plastically deformable, and fastening means comprising longitudinally extending clips of arcuate cross section secured along at least a portion of the terminal edge portions of said sheet for overlying and interlockingly engaging the peripheral edge of a vehicle roof panel for locating said sheet in proper registration thereover and for securing the terminal edges of said sheet against movement relative to a vehicle roof panel in response to a heating and shrinkage of said sheet when disposed in overlying relationship on the vehicle panel.
- 2. The decorative plastic covering material as defined in claim 1, in which said plastic sheet is comprised of a knitted fabric-backed vinyl of a weight ranging from about 14 to about 24 ounces per square yard.
- 3. The decorative plastic covering material as defined in claim 1, wherein said longitudinally extending clips are composed of a vinyl plastic and are dielectrically bonded to said terminal edge portions of said sheet.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 255,797, filed May 22, 1970, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,846,200.
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Divisions (1)
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