Patent ID: 8608203

Claim:
A device for preventing spray from emerging from a wheel of a vehicle, the device comprising a planar linearly and vertically extending panel mounted vertically behind a vehicle wheel and spaced therefrom for receiving on a first side water released by the wheel as it rotates, the panel including at least one passage which leads from the first side to a rear second side of the panel, the at least one passage being other than normal to the plane of the panel, and at least one vertically extending water-collecting pocket along a side of the at least one passage, wherein, in use, air and water entering the at least one passage are separated so that air passes through the at least one passage and mixes with ambient air on a second side of the panel, and water collects in the at least one water-collecting pocket, said panel being formed from a plurality of vertically extending baffles, the plurality of vertical baffles being extruded and joined together in a side by side relationship by horizontally extending shafts supporting spacers between the baffles.