Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Accessories
Patent
1976-04-15
1977-08-30
Goodman, Philip
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Accessories
296 91, B60J 904, B62D 3500
Patent
active
040450740
ABSTRACT:
A collapsible airstream deflector is secured to the roof of a towing vehicle to deflect air over a towed vehicle when the vehicles are in motion to reduce the air resistance or drag and fuel consumption of the vehicles. The airstream deflector has pivotal arms secured to the rear surface of a sheetlike airstream deflecting member. The arms respectively are swung to planes, each of which is generally perpendicular to the plane of the deflecting member, the arms being locked in place by means of a single removable locking bar applied to the ends of the arms before the deflector is secured to the roof. When the deflector is removed from the vehicle roof, the locking bar is removed; then the arms are swung against the rear surface of the deflecting member so that the deflector can be easily stored. Notwithstanding the fact that the arms are easily pivotable, the deflector is self-stabilizing when the arms are locked in their operative positions by the removable locking bar. This enables the airstream deflector to withstand the substantial wind forces created by vehicle motion.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2544615 (1951-03-01), Raymond
patent: 3596974 (1971-08-01), Adams
patent: 3947065 (1976-03-01), Geiger
Goodman Philip
Leisure Manufacturing Co., Inc.
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