Self-deploying heated vehicle cover
View Patent ↗A vehicle cover providing a user with the ability to maintain a clean (i.e., free of ice, frost, and snow build-up) windshield and vehicle while the vehicle is not in use during times of inclement weather. The vehicle cover is automatically deployable from a housing positioned on the roof of the vehicle. The vehicle cover can be actuated remotely using a remote controller causing outward deployment of a canopy over the vehicle. The vehicle cover further provides an electrical heating means within the canopy to melt snow or ice deposited upon an existing vehicle while parked.
1. A vehicle cover assembly, comprising
a housing assembly, adapted to be installed on a roof of a vehicle;
a canopy housed within said housing assembly via a plurality of spring-loaded ribs;
a deploying means located within said housing assembly for deploying said canopy from a stored configuration to a deployed configuration;
a plurality of heating elements disposed within said canopy;
a plurality of securing means for securing bottom portions of said canopy to a vehicle;
a plurality of holes positioned along one longitudinal edge of a semi-deployed canopy;
a plurality of hooks positioned along one longitudinal edge of a semi-deployed canopy; and
a handle;
wherein said canopy in said deployed configuration is adapted to be in electrical communication with a power source of said vehicle;
wherein the handle is positioned at a longitudinal end of the vehicle over assembly when the canopy is in a stored configuration;
wherein the canopy opens in a circular fashion when being deployed from a stored configuration to a deployed configuration;
wherein the canopy, when semi-deployed, has two longitudinal edges, with one edge having the plurality of holes and other edge having the plurality of hooks; and
wherein when the canopy is in a deployed configuration, the two longitudinal edges are secured to each other.
2. The vehicle cover assembly of claim 1 , wherein said deploying means further comprises:
a motor;
a plurality of extension rods in mechanical communication with said motor, each extension rod affixed to said canopy;
a control module in electrical communication with said motor; and
a deploying switch providing electrical communication between a power source and said control module;
wherein said deploying switch operates said motor to configure said canopy in said deploying configuration; and
wherein said reversing switch operates said motor to configure said canopy in said stored configuration.
3. The vehicle cover assembly of claim 2 , further comprising a remote control in wireless communication with said control module.
4. The vehicle cover assembly of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of said heating elements are embedded in a parallel pattern throughout said canopy.
5. The vehicle cover assembly of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of heating elements are bonded in a parallel pattern to said canopy.
6. The vehicle cover assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of securing means is an elastic member having a hook at distal ends thereof.
7. A vehicle cover assembly, comprising:
an elongated case having at least one handle and a zipper;
a pole;
a canopy affixed to an upper portion of said pole via a plurality of spring-loaded ribs;
a deploying means located on said pole for deploying said canopy from a stored configuration to a deployed configuration;
a plurality of heating elements disposed within said canopy; and
a plurality of securing means for securing bottom portions of said canopy to a vehicle;
wherein said canopy in said deployed configuration is adapted to deploy over a top and sides of said vehicle;
wherein said plurality of electrical heating elements are adapted to be in communication with a power source of said vehicle;
wherein said cover and said securing means are capable of being collapsed and stored within said case; and
wherein the pole is detached from the case.
8. The vehicle cover assembly of claim 7 , wherein said deploying means further comprises:
a motor;
a plurality of extension rods in mechanical communication with said motor, each extension rod affixed to said canopy;
a control module in electrical communication with said motor; and
a deploying switch providing electrical communication between a power source and said control module;
wherein said deploying switch providing electrical communication between a power source and said control module; and
wherein said deploying switch operates said motor to configure said canopy in said stored configuration.
9. The vehicle cover assembly of claim 8 , further comprising a remote control in wireless communication with said control module.
10. The vehicle cover assembly of claim 7 , wherein said plurality of heating elements are embedded in a parallel pattern throughout said canopy.
11. The vehicle cover assembly of claim 7 , wherein said plurality of heating elements are bonded in a parallel pattern to said canopy.
12. The vehicle cover assembly of claim 7 , wherein each of said plurality securing means is an elastic member having a hook at distal ends thereof.