Patent ID: 7896426

Claim:
A detachable side fairing for a vehicle comprising: a panel body comprising a front and a rear; an access opening being provided in the panel body to provide access through the access opening to the rear of the panel body from the front of the panel body; a door coupled to the panel body and movable from a first closed door position in which the door impedes access through the access opening and to at least one second door open position to allow access through the access opening; a latch operable when in a latched position to latch the panel body to the vehicle when the panel body is in a panel latching position relative to the vehicle, the latch also being operable when in an unlatched position to unlatch the panel body from the vehicle to permit movement of the panel body away from the panel latching position and to a position wherein the panel body can be detached from the vehicle; and a latch actuator coupled to the panel body, the latch actuator being movable from a first actuator position to a second actuator position, the latch actuator being positioned at the rear of the door when the door is in the first closed door position and the latch actuator is in the first position, the latch actuator being positioned so as to be accessible from the front of the panel body through the access opening when the door is in an open position, the latch actuator being movable from the first actuator position to the second actuator position to shift the latch from the latched position to the unlatched position to unlatch the panel body when the panel body is in the panel latching position and latched to the vehicle, the latch actuator also being movable to the first actuator position to shift the latch from the unlatched position to the latched position to latch the panel body to the vehicle when the panel body is in the panel latching position.