Patent ID: 9669884
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B62D,Y02T

Claim:
1. A method of packaging a modular aerodynamic skirt panel, the method comprising: providing a skirt panel including a plurality of skirt portions, the plurality of skirt portions including a first skirt portion, a second skirt portion and a third skirt portion, the second skirt portion including two interconnecting edges disposed at a non-90° angle from an upper edge thereof, each interconnecting edge including a pair of interconnecting stepped edges offset from a surface of the second skirt portion by about a thickness of a skirt portion for securing thereon a cooperating edge of another skirt portion; providing a plurality of supports for securing the plurality of skirt portions to a trailer in an aerodynamic configuration when the skirt panels are secured to a trailer; and stacking the plurality of skirt portions in a shipping container, wherein the shipping container includes four sides generally abutting at a 90° angle thereof and wherein at least one of the interconnecting edge and the upper edge is non-parallel and non-perpendicular with the sides of the shipping container, the first skirt portion being disposed over the second skirt portion between the pair of each interconnecting edge of the second skirt portion and bordered by the stepped edges of the second skirt portion, the third skirt portion being disposed over and supported by the second skirt portion and the two stepped edges so that the third skirt portion is encapsulated by the second skirt portion and the first skirt portion.