Vehicle dirt protection device and method
OwnerOfer Gottfriedinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle dirt protection device having a longitudinal extension extending larger than its lateral extension, and is placed along a lateral side of a vehicle for urging dirt, preferably dust, to extend horizontally and/or rearward during forward movement of the vehicle rather than upwards. This protects the seating area of the vehicle against dirt, and in particular against dirt.
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A vehicle comprising a dirt protection device, the device having a longitudinal extension extending between forward and rear edges and a shorter lateral extension extending between inner and outer edges, the device extending with at least a portion of the inner edge adjacently along a lateral side of the vehicle below a cockpit of the vehicle, wherein the forward edge being most proximal to the vehicle's front wheel and the rear edge being most proximal to the vehicle's rear wheel, wherein the device is detachable from the vehicle and in a longitudinal cross section taken in a plane perpendicular to a ground face and intersecting the forward and rear edges, the device comprises an aerodynamic profile producing a downward aerodynamic force during forward movement of the vehicle.
A method of protecting a cockpit of a vehicle against dirt, preferably dust, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a detachable dirt protection device having a longitudinal extension that is larger than its lateral extension,
- placing the device with its longitudinal extension along a lateral side of a vehicle to extend below a cockpit of the vehicle, wherein
- at least part of dirt, preferably dust, lifted by the vehicle during forward movement of the vehicle is urged by the device to extend in a substantial horizontal and/or rear direction rather than upwards.
A dirt protection device for a vehicle, the device having a longitudinal extension extending between forward and rear edges and a shorter lateral extension extending between inner and outer edges, the device in addition comprising attachment means for attaching to a part of a vehicle, where said attachment means being along or alongside at least a portion of the inner edge, said attachment means defining an imaginary attachment plane configured to be generally parallel to at least a portion of the vehicle's part when connected thereto, and wherein when the device is placed with the inner edge parallel to a ground face and the attachment plane perpendicular to the ground face at least a portion of the outer edge is lower than the inner edge, and wherein when the device is placed with the inner edge parallel to a ground face and the attachment plane perpendicular to the ground face at least a portion of the rear edge is lower than the forward edge.
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