Apparatus for opening and closing side skirt of truck

An apparatus for opening and closing a side skirt of a truck, the apparatus comprising:

• a bracket for the side skirt that is integrally connected to a vehicle body frame and supports a tank assembly;
• a striker that is mounted to an upper inner side of the side skirt;
• an upper bracket, through which a first push button hole is formed, the upper bracket being integrally assembled to an upper end portion of the bracket for the side skirt;
• a main plate that includes:
• a first plate through which a second push hole is formed forward and rearward at a central position and which is attached and assembled to an outer surface of the upper bracket;
• and
• a pair of second plates that are integrally formed with the first plate to be perpendicular to an outer surface of the first plate for locking the striker;
• a push button that is inserted and mounted to the first push button hole of the upper bracket and the second push button hole of the main plate;
• a latch that is pivotally connected to a rear end of the push button, is rotatably mounted between the second plates of the main plate, and primarily locks or unlocks the striker;
• a locking spring that is connected to a lower end of the first plate of the main plate, and configured for secondarily locking or unlocking the striker by using a resilient force thereof;
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• a hinge unit that serves as a center of rotation about which an upper end portion of the side skirt is rotated outward, and hingedly couples a lower end portion of the side skirt to a lower end portion of the bracket for the side skirt.