Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1993-07-30
1996-04-23
Boehler, Anne Marie
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
280847, B62D 2518
Patent
active
055096905
ABSTRACT:
This invention is related to a safety apparatus for reducing side spray for trucks and other vehicles. The apparatus includes a flexible flap suspended behind the tires of the vehicle with a stiffening device of relatively elongate construction arranged at the outer edge thereof and extending forwardly therefrom. The flap further lacks any substantial stiffening element at the inner edge thereby effecting the flap so that the flap deflects inwardly along the inner edge of the flap and thereby directs air currents and roadway fluids to the inside of the truck. The stiffening device also obstructs fluids from passing around the outer edge of the flap with a forwardly extending main wall portion and an inwardly directed leading wall portion.
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Adams, III W. Thad
Boehler Anne Marie
Truck Safety of America, Inc.
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