Boat Cover And Method of Construction

Abstract

A boat cover is built up from a series of overlapped wide strips of a covering material extending from side to side over the boat. The cover material includes a layer of felt bonded to the inside of a PVC sheeting leaving a narrow strip defining covered with the overlapped areas. An adhesive film, which is covered with a peelable non-adhesive cover. The overlapping areas are bonded together with a strippable adhesive film. A hem piece is attached to bottom portions of the strips encircling the boat hull, with a draw element within the hem tightened to securely grip the boat hull. Tie downs may further secure the cover to a boat trailer or other support for the boat.

1 . A protective cover for a boat comprising a plurality of side by side wide strips of a sheeting covering material extending over said boat and overlapping each other with a bonding together of overlapped areas creating a unitary cover. 
     
     
         2 . The cover of  claim 1  further including a hem piece extended around a perimeter of the cover encircling a boat hull, said hem piece having a draw strap therein tightened to cause said hem piece to grip said boat hull. 
     
     
         3 . The cover according to  claim 1  wherein said covering material comprises a sheeting of plastic having a thin felt layer bonded to an inner side thereof. 
     
     
         4 . The cover according to  claim 3  wherein an adhesive film is interposed between said plastic sheeting and said felt layer to bind the same together. 
     
     
         5 . The cover according to  claim 3  wherein said felt layer is narrower than said plastic sheeting which creates a border area along one side thereof not covered with felt, said overlapped areas comprised of said border areas of one strip underlying an opposite side of an adjacent strip. 
     
     
         6 . The boat cover according to  claim 5  wherein each border area is covered with an adhesive film to be bonded to an overlying side of an overlying strip when successive layers are partially positioned atop one another to create an overlay. 
     
     
         7 . A method of forming a boat cover comprising cutting lengths of a cover material into wide strip and installing sequentially each strip over said boat extending from side to side across a hull of said boat so as to overlap each other, with a sufficient number of strips to completely cover said boat, said strips each having a side area overlapping an adjacent strip other side and said overlapping side areas bonded on underlying other side of a previously installed strip. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 7  wherein each of said strip overlapping areas has an adhesive film layer hereon, having a non adhesive covering which is pulled off as each strip overlapping side areas are positioned extending partially over a side of a previously installed strip. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 7  further including attaching a hem piece to a bottom area of said strips adjacent a boat hull of a length able to encircle said hull, said hem piece having a draw element extending therein, said draw element tightened to securely grip said boat hull with said hem piece thereby securing said cover to said boat. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 9  wherein said strips extend past said hem piece and including trimming off said bottom of said strips to be substantially even with said hem piece. 
     
     
         11 . A protective cover material comprising an ultraviolet resistant plastic sheeting having a layer readily conformable of reinforcing material bonded to one side thereof with an interposed adhesive. 
     
     
         12 . The cover material according to  claim 11  wherein said reinforcing layer does not extend completely over said plastic sheeting to create an uncovered area extending along one side of said plastic sheeting, with an adhesive film extending over said uncovered area, said adhesive film in turn covered with a strippable non-adhesive sheeting overlapping said adhesive film and able to be manually peeled off to expose said adhesive film. 
     
     
         13 . The cover material according to  claim 12  wherein said reinforcing material comprises felt sheeting. 
     
     
         14 . The cover material according to  claim 12  wherein said reinforcing material is non woven polyester sheeting.