Patent ID: 8696029
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A tire spray collecting assembly for a vehicle, the vehicle having a front end, a frame, a ground-engaging tire operatively, rotatably connected to the frame, and a fender connected to the frame and spaced-apart from and partially extending about the tire, and the assembly comprising: an air diverter connected to the fender, the air diverter being shaped to capture moving air caused by forward motion of the vehicle and direct said air so captured towards the front end of the vehicle between the fender and the tire, air so directed promoting re-direction of water spray from the tire towards the front end of the vehicle; and a collector connected to the fender and at least partially interposed between the fender and the tire, the collector being configured to capture said water spray so re-directed, the collector being a duct that is rectangular in cross-section and the collector having an arcuate shape.