Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Storm-front shield – apron – or robe
Patent
1990-05-14
1991-08-27
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Storm-front shield, apron, or robe
98 212, B60J 120
Patent
active
050428659
ABSTRACT:
A wind deflector for mounting on the side of a truck cab, comprising a vertically elongated panel of transparent material; two flanges, one at each vertical end of the panel; two bends connecting the flanges to the panels; and two reinforcing plates for strengthening the panel along the bends. The panel is preferably a thick sheet of transparent plastic bent at its vertical ends to form the flanges. Each reinforcing plate includes a vertical portion secured flush against a portion of the panel and a horizontal portion secured flush against one of the flanges. The wind deflector also includes a mounting assembly for mounting the wind deflector to the truck cab. In one embodiment, the mounting assembly includes a threaded stud projecting through one of the reinforcing plates and one of the flanges, and a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket includes a planar arm portion having a slot dimensioned to receive the threaded stud. In another embodiment, the mounting assembly includes a mounting bracket having a planar arm portion secured to a vertical portion of the panel.
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Focarino Margaret A.
Pape Joseph D.
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