Mudflap for vehicles

A mudflap for vehicles, said mudflap comprising a generally flat main body made from rubber, plastic or similar material, and a rear surface for facing the wheel of a vehicle, ribs arranged on said rear surface being provided in a V-formation in a central area of said rear surface of said main body for intercepting, slowing-down and diverting water thrown up from the wheel of a vehicle, and channels arranged on said rear surface for guiding water intercepted and diverted in the central area downwardly, said channel being located in two side areas arranged symmetrically about a central longitudinal plane of the mudflap, the improvement therein comprising said ribs (11) being provided in an inverted V-formation inclined downwardly from their apex at the central longitudinal plane (8), the ribs each having a cross-section which tapers from the main body (1) to a free end (18) and the ribs being arranged in close proximity to each other so that grooves (14) between the ribs (11) have approximately the same cross-sectional area as the cross-sectional area of the ribs (11),

• and the channels (24, 26, 29) located in the side areas (10) being open on the sides facing the wheel of the vehicle and each having at least two continuous longitudinal ribs (20, 21, 22) one spaced closer to the central longitudinal plane than the others, with the one longitudinal rib (20) nearest the central longitudinal plane (8) being lower in height than the other longitudinal rib (22) spaced farther from the central longitudinal plane of the mudflap,
• wherein the ribs (11) are provided in a V-formation at an angle (12) in a range 18.degree. to 22.degree. to the horizontal (13).