Flying tailgate for pickup trucks

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1993-01-07

1994-06-28

Song, Robert R.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

With distinct wind deflector

296 50, 296 51, B62D 3500

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active

053240928

ABSTRACT:
An improved tailgate or vane for pickup trucks that provides reduced aerodynamic resistance compared to the standard pickup truck tailgate. In one embodiment, it rotates, about upper pivots, from vertical to horizontal during acceleration of the pickup truck to provide a horizontal low aerodynamic resistance flying tail effect at high speeds. The improved tailgate can, in the preferred embodiment, be locked in a vertical orientation to accomplish a standard tailgate function as a retainer for the aft end of the bed of the pickup. It can be locked or fixedly attached in a non-vertical orientation to provide a vertical force on the rear of the pickup truck. It is intended that the improved tailgate can be easily attached or removed using either the standard tailgate attachment hardware supplied with the pickup truck or with new hardware supplied with the improved tailgate. It is also possible to incorporate one or more of the low resistance vanes into a frame of a standard tailgate to insure low aerodynamic resistance at high speeds. In all cases, it is preferred to use a grille in conjunction with the improved tailgate to prevent loss of small objects from the pickup truck's bed when the flying tailgate is open.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4475759 (1984-10-01), Wine
patent: 4585265 (1986-04-01), Mader
patent: 4930834 (1990-06-01), Moore

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