Patent ID: 8403407

Claim:
A deflector apparatus for a vehicle for arrangement along a front-inner periphery of an opening formed in a roof portion of the vehicle, the deflector apparatus comprising: a fixed frame provided at the roof portion; a movable frame positioned at an upper side of the fixed frame and being rotatable between a raised position and a retracted position; a mesh member connected to the fixed frame and the movable frame and brought to a raised state and a retracted state by a rotation of the movable frame, the mesh member extending above a surface of the roof portion in the raised state; a spring member biasing the movable frame to the raised position, the spring member including a sliding portion fitted to a guide groove that is formed at the movable frame and slidably making contact with the guide groove to transmit a biasing force of the spring member in a state where the movable frame is rotating, the spring member further including an engagement portion engaging with the movable frame when the movable frame is in the raised position, the movable frame being configured to be maintained at the raised position by the engagement with the engagement portion of the spring member; and a spring support portion supporting the spring member relative to the roof portion and being provided at an inner side in a width direction of the vehicle relative to an outer edge of the fixed frame in the width direction.