US Patent 10174783 System for protecting equipment surfaces

A system for protecting an equipment surface during manufacture, fabrication, transport, storage, and installation of equipment. The system comprises an adhered surface cover to mechanically protect machined surfaces, as well as hermetically sealing any covered openings. An impact absorbing cover with a deforming layer can be attached with a fastener to provide further impact protection for the equipment surface. The system has the benefit of being lightweight to allow for easy handling and shipping, is safer to use than other methods known in the art, and has the coincident benefit of protecting larger systems that equipment is a component of.