Patent ID: 8408570
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A side fairing mounted on a trailer, the trailer having a trailer box and a fore and aft positionally adjustable wheel set, the side fairing comprising: a first fairing panel secured to the trailer box at a fixed position proximate to a trailer box side; and a second fairing panel secured to a mounting support structure, wherein the mounting support structure is slidably secured independent of the wheel set to one or more spaced-apart bars or tracks, the bars or tracks mounted to the underside of the trailer box in a fore and aft orientation, wherein the mounting support structure receives the one or more spaced-apart bars or tracks therethrough, wherein the one or more bars or tracks are positioned on the underside of the trailer box such that the second panel is proximate to the trailer box side, and when the wheel set and rear fairing panel are in their aft-most positions a forward portion of the second fairing panel is proximate to a rear portion of the first fairing panel, and wherein the second fairing panel is secured to the wheel set so that the second fairing panel can be moved with an adjustment in the position of the wheel set.