Patent ID: 6517140
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: B60J

Abstract:
A wind deflector apparatus for use in a pickup truck bed having a bed floor and a tail gate with a top edge, said apparatus comprising:a generally rectangular sheet having an exterior surface and an interior surface which are interconnected by a periphery formed of a long horizontal top edge, a long horizontal bottom edge, and a pair of short side edges extending therebetween; and top and bottom sets of first and second releasable fasteners for engaging and disengaging each other, said first fastener of said top set being affixed to said interior surface of said rectangular sheet along said top edge thereof and said first fastener of said bottom set being affixed to said interior surface of said rectangular sheet along said bottom edge thereof, said first fasteners engaging said second fasteners to attach said rectangular sheet to the bed of the pickup truck so that it serves as a wind deflector when said second fastener of said top set is affixed to the top edge of a tail gate of a pickup truck and said second fastener of said bottom set is affixed to the floor of the pickup truck bed at a location where its distance from the second fastener affixed to the tail gate is generally equal to the length of the short side edges of said rectangular sheet.