Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1985-11-18
1987-04-28
Love, John J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
B62D 2516
Patent
active
046608460
ABSTRACT:
A spray shield and system for controlling the spray generated by the wheels of automotive vehicles when travelling on a roadway surface. The shield is adapted to be disposed above the roadway surface vertically depending from the vehicle and spaced rearwardly from a vehicle wheel in a plane extending transversely to the vehicle. The shield is in sheet form and has front and rear surfaces and top and side borders. A plurality of downwardly depending, contiguous flaps extend, when the shield is in position on the vehicle, horizontally between the side borders, the flaps to permit flow of air and spray through the shield and cause downward deflection thereof. A pair of air deflection surfaces, to be vertically oriented during operation, one extending outwardly along each of the side borders and each angled with respect to the front surface of the spray shield are provided to deflect air and spray laterally, from one side of the shield to the other. The shield according to the present invention significantly reduces the hazard created by spray generated by a vehicle's tires by deflecting the spray downwardly and in a particular lateral direction, for example to the shoulder side of the vehicle.
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Love John J.
Mar Michael
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