Pickup truck retractable endgate air foil

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1990-08-22

1991-12-03

Song, Robert R.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

With distinct wind deflector

296 376, B62D 3500

Patent

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050694987

ABSTRACT:
The present invention, an extendable, retractable endgate air foil, is a device for deflecting the flow of air through the bed (7) of a pickup truck or car up and over the endgate (1). The device includes rigid, overlapping panels (5) (10), which direct the air flow from the lower floor of the bed (7) over the inclined panels stretching from the wheelwells (9) to the top of the endgate (1) in order to reduce air drag on the otherwise upright, closed endgate. The air foil panels (5) (10) will also retract upwardly and rearwardly for pinning onto the bottom of the vehicle's endgate (1) in order to maximize load capacity in keeping with the intended purpose of the conventional truck bed and rear-end tailgate.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4451075 (1984-05-01), Canfield
patent: 4506870 (1985-03-01), Penn
patent: 4585263 (1986-04-01), Hesner
patent: 4884838 (1989-12-01), Slater

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