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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Philippe Macherel, Fribourg, CH;
Calvin Rhett Bradley, Greenville, SC (US);
David C. Lung, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Larry Satterfield, Moore, SC (US);
Philippe Macherel, Fribourg, CH;
Calvin Rhett Bradley, Greenville, SC (US);
David C. Lung, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Larry Satterfield, Moore, SC (US);
Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Abstract
The present invention includes methods and apparatus for mounting a trailer skirt to a trailer. This includes attaching a trailer skirt to a trailer, the trailer skirt configured to pivot in a longitudinal direction of the trailer skirt. In certain embodiments, such methods are accomplished using a trailer-skirt coupling apparatus, the apparatus including a trailer mounting bracket configured for mechanically coupling the apparatus to a trailer and a skirt-supporting member operably attached to the trailer mounting bracket in a cantilevered configuration, where in the cantilevered configuration, the skirt-supporting member is configured to pivot in a longitudinal direction of the trailer skirt.