Tailgate wind deflector apparatus

Details Tailgate wind deflector apparatus Tailgate wind deflector apparatus

1993-12-27

1995-05-02

Pedder, Dennis H.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

With distinct wind deflector

52473, 276 571, B62D 3500

Patent

active

054113121

ABSTRACT:
A new and improved tailgate wind deflector apparatus includes a base assembly adapted to be connected to a bed of a truck. A plurality of vertical support assemblies are supported by the base assembly. Each respective vertical support assembly includes a wind-deflecting leading edge. A plurality of horizontally oriented, wind-deflecting assemblies are supported by the vertical support assemblies. The horizontally oriented, wind-deflecting assemblies are adapted for deflecting wind away from a tailgate of the truck. The horizontally oriented, wind-deflecting assemblies are curved and are supported on the vertical support assemblies such that a leading edge of a respective horizontally oriented, wind-deflecting assembly is oriented lower than a trailing edge of the respective horizontally oriented, wind-deflecting assembly. In this way, air is deflected by the respective horizontally oriented, wind-deflecting assembly up and over the tailgate. The vertical support assemblies may be triangular in shape, and an apex of the triangular shape corresponds to a respective wind-deflecting leading edge of a respective vertical support assembly.

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