US 2002/0053813 A1 · Pickup truck tailgate wind deflector

Abstract

A wind deflector for the tailgate of a pickup truck is disclosed. The deflector includes a generally rectangular sheet having an exterior and an interior surface which are interconnected by a periphery formed of a long horizontal top edge, a long horizontal bottom edge, and a pair of short side edges extending therebetween. The sheet may be either a flexible fabric material or a rigid material. Top and bottom sets of hook and loop fasteners are provided for attaching the deflector to the bed and tail gate of the pickup truck. The hook fasteners are affixed to the interior surface of the sheet along the sheet's top and bottom edges. The top loop fastener is affixed to the top edge of the tail gate of the pickup truck while the bottom loop fastener is affixed to the floor of the pickup truck bed. In addition, the loop fasteners are spaced from each other a distance which approximates the length of the short side edges of the sheet. When the top and bottom sets of hoop and loop fasteners are pressed together into engagement the deflector will be securely attached to the bed and tailgate of the pickup truck and thereby in position to serve as a wind deflector for tailgate of the pickup truck

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Dependent claims

A wind deflector apparatus for use in a pickup truck bed of the type having a bed floor and a tail gate with a top edge, said apparatus comprising:

a generally rectangular sheet having an exterior surface and an interior surface which are interconnected by a periphery formed of a long horizontal top edge, a long horizontal bottom edge, and a pair of short side edges extending therebetween;
and
top and bottom sets of first and second releasable fasteners for engaging and disengaging each other, said first fastener of said top set being affixed to said interior surface of said rectangular sheet along said top edge thereof and said first fastener of said bottom set being affixed to said interior surface of said rectangular sheet along said bottom edge thereof, said first fasteners engaging said second fasteners to attach said rectangular sheet to the bed of the pickup truck so that it serves as a wind deflector when said second fastener of said top set is affixed to the top edge of a tail gate of a pickup truck and said second fastener of said bottom set is affixed to the floor of the pickup truck bed at a location where its distance from the second fastener affixed to the tail gate is generally equal to the length of the short side edges of said rectangular sheet.

An improved pickup truck of the type having a truck bed and a tail gate, said improvement comprising:

a generally rectangular sheet having an exterior surface and an interior surface which are interconnected by a periphery formed of a long horizontal top edge, a long horizontal bottom edge, and a pair of short side edges extending therebetween;
and
top and bottom sets of first and second releasable fasteners for engaging and disengaging each other, said first fastener of said top set being affixed to said interior surface of said rectangular sheet along said top edge thereof, said first fastener of said bottom set being affixed to said interior surface of said rectangular sheet along said bottom edge thereof, said second fastener of said top set being affixed to the top edge of said tail gate of the pickup truck and said second fastener of said bottom set being affixed to the floor of the pickup truck bed at a location where its distance from the second fastener affixed to the tail gate is generally equal to the length of the short side edges of said rectangular sheet, said first fasteners engaging said second fasteners to attach said rectangular sheet to said bed of the pickup truck so that said sheet serves as a wind deflector for the tailgate of the pickup truck.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Pickup truck tailgate wind deflector

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Pickup truck tailgate wind deflector

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