Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – With distinct wind deflector
Patent
1992-09-03
1993-12-28
Song, Robert R.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
With distinct wind deflector
296 50, 296 571, B62D 2500
Patent
active
052733394
ABSTRACT:
A tailgate enclosure device (10) for retaining a load carried in a cargo hold (12) of a pickup truck. The cargo hold (12) has a loading bed (14) and a pair of lateral walls (16, 18). The device (10) is swingable between a vertical closed and a horizontal open position about a pair of pivots (58, 60). The device (10) comprises a generally rectangular, tubular frame (20) having a pair of opposing long horizontal members (22, 24), one of which being disposed adjacent the loading bed (14). The device (10 ) also comprises a pair of opposing short members (26, 28) extending between the long members (22, 24), the short members (26, 28) being positionable adjacent the lateral walls (16, 18) when the device (10) is oriented in the closed position. Also, the device (10) has a generally elliptically shaped tubular frame (30) disposed within the rectangular frame (20) to impart rigidity to the device (10) without any significant increase in drag. The elliptically shaped frame (30) surrounds a central circular, tubular member (44) having a radius (48) such that the central member (44) lies in contact with the elliptically shaped frame (30). The elliptically shaped frame (30) also surrounds a pair of smaller circular, tubular members (50, 52), each being disposed on either side of the central member (44), whereby the device (10) offers a reduced drag profile as the pickup truck travels through and displaces ambient air.
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