Mud flap
OwnerTarun Natwarlal Surtiinventor
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Abstract
Mud flap having a plurality of laterally spaced, vertically extending vanes defining a plurality of vertically extending channels on the front side of the flap for directing water and debris from a wheel in a downward direction toward the roadway and not to the rear or sides of the flap, and vertically extending slotted openings in the channels of a size permitting air to pass through the openings to the rear of the flap and preventing water and debris from doing so. In some embodiments, vertically extending deflectors are positioned to the rear of the slotted openings for directing any water and debris passing through the openings in a downward direction toward the roadway.
Claims17
A mudflap for preventing spray from a wheel of a vehicle on a wet roadway from impairing the vision of drivers of other vehicles, comprising a vertically extending flap which is mounted to the rear of the wheel with a front side of the flap facing the wheel and a rear side facing away from the wheel, a plurality of laterally spaced, vertically extending vanes defining a plurality of vertically extending channels on the front side of the flap for directing water and debris from the wheel in a downward direction toward the ground and not to the rear or sides of the flap, and vertically extending slotted openings in the channels of a size permitting air to pass through the openings to the rear of the flap and preventing water and debris from doing so.
A mudflap for preventing spray from a wheel of a vehicle on a wet roadway from impairing the vision of drivers of other vehicles, comprising a vertically extending flap, a plurality of laterally spaced, vertically extending, tapered vanes with inwardly and rearwardly inclined lateral surfaces that define a plurality of vertically extending channels for carrying water and debris striking the front side of the flap in a downward direction, and vertically extending slotted openings with inclined side walls which permit air to pass from the channels through the flap and prevent water and debris from doing so.
A mud flap for a vehicle, comprising vertically extending vanes spaced laterally apart on the front side of the mud flap, vertically extending channels between adjacent ones of the vanes for carrying water and debris in a downward direction with the vanes preventing the water and debris from being deflected in a lateral direction, vertically extending slotted openings in rear walls of the channels of a size permitting air to pass through the mud flap and preventing water and debris from doing so, deflectors aligned with the slotted openings on the rear side of the mud flap, a side wall extending between one side of each of the slotted openings and a corresponding one of the deflectors for directing any water and debris passing through the slotted opening in a downward direction, and air outlets between the other sides of the slotted openings and the deflectors through which air passing through the slotted openings can flow.
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