Patent ID: 8056959

Claim:
A selectively detachable side fairing for a vehicle, the detachable side faring 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 position impeding access through the access opening and to at least one open position to allow access through the access opening; at least one latch coupled to the panel body and shiftable between latched and unlatched positions, the latch being operable in the latched position to latch the side fairing to the vehicle when the side fairing is in a panel latching position relative to the vehicle, the latch also being operable in the unlatched position to unlatch the side fairing to permit removal of the side fairing from the vehicle; the latch comprising a latch handle, the latch handle and latch being positioned at the rear of the door when the door is in the first door closed position and the latch is in the latched position, the latch handle 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 handle being movable relative to the panel body to shift the latch from the latched position to the unlatched position to unlatch the panel body from the vehicle.