Patent ID: 6945542

Claim:
A discrete truck shield comprising: a sheet of material having at least one smooth, low-friction surface and defining holes therethrough positioned to encircle a pivot strut and mounting post of a truck assembly so as to hold the sheet of material in a fixed position underlying and covering a lower surface of the truck assembly with the at least one smooth, low-friction surface directed downwardly; the sheet of material formed in a generally T-shaped configuration having arms and a perpendicular body, so that when the truck shield is properly positioned under a truck assembly the arms extend parallel to a truck included in the truck assembly and the body extends around the truck; and the holes defined in the sheet of material include a first hole adjacent one end of the truck shield body positioned to encircle the pivot strut and two additional holes adjacent an opposite end of the perpendicular body positioned to encircle the mounting post in axial alignment with one of the two additional holes positioned below the truck and the other of the two additional holes positioned above the truck.