Retractable wheel and track covers

A cover system for reducing spray and debris flying from wheels or tracks of a vehicle in motion, comprising, for each side of the vehicle:

• an elongated flexible cover having first and second ends and a width sufficient to extend laterally outwardly beyond an outer extent of the wheels or tracks of the vehicle;
• first, second and third cover housings, said first housing adapted to contain said cover in a rolled, retracted condition thereof, and each of said second and third housings adapted to anchor a free end of said cover in an extended condition thereof, said second housing being removably mountable to a frame of said vehicle forward of said wheels or tracks so as to extend laterally outwardly of said frame, said third housing being removably mountable to said frame rearward of said wheels or tracks so as to extend laterally outwardly of said frame, and said first housing being removably mountable to the frame of said vehicle intermediate said second and third housings so as to extend laterally outwardly of said frame;
• at least one support bar removably mountable to said frame intermediate said first and second housings so as to extend laterally of said frame beyond the outer extent of said wheels or tracks for supporting a forward portion of said cover in the extended condition thereof;
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• at least one support bar removably mountable to said frame intermediate said first and third housings so as to extend laterally of said frame beyond the outer extent of said wheels or tracks for supporting a rearward portion of said cover in the extended condition thereof.

A cover system for reducing spray and debris flying from wheels or tracks of a vehicle in motion, said vehicle including partial fenders on each side thereof extending upwardly and rearwardly over a front portion of said wheels or tracks, said cover system comprising, for each side of the vehicle:

• an elongated flexible cover having first and second ends and a width sufficient to extend laterally outwardly beyond an outer extent of the wheels or tracks of the vehicle;
• a first cover housing adapted to contain said cover in a rolled, retracted condition thereof, said first housing being removably mountable to a frame of said vehicle forward of said wheels or tracks adjacent the partial fender so as to extend laterally outwardly of said frame;
• a second cover housing adapted to anchor a free end of said cover in an extended condition thereof, said second housing being removably mountable to said frame rearward of said wheels or tracks so as to extend laterally outwardly of said frame;
• at least one support bar removably mountable to said frame intermediate said first and second housings and located downstream of the partial fender so as to extend laterally of said frame beyond the outer extent of said wheels or tracks for supporting said cover in the extended condition thereof;
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• a securing rod positioned intermediate said first cover housing and said partial fender to ensure said cover rests against said partial fender when said cover is in said extended condition.