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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Wabash National, L.p., Lafayette, IN (US);
Inventors:
James Bruce Brown, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Leonard William Baker, Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Wabash National, L. P., Lafayette, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 35/00 (2006.01); B62D 35/02 (2006.01); B62D 25/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 35/008 (2013.01); B62D 25/168 (2013.01); B62D 35/001 (2013.01); B62D 35/02 (2013.01); Y10S 180/903 (2013.01);
Abstract
A side skirt system for reducing drag on a trailer includes a side skirt wall configured to be coupled to one side of the trailer to extend below a side wall of the trailer along a length of the trailer. A mounting bracket assembly of the system is coupled to the side skirt wall and is configured to be coupled to a floor assembly of the trailer. The mounting bracket assembly is configured to tilt laterally outwardly and laterally inwardly with respect to a generally vertical axis parallel to the side wall of the trailer.