Patent ID: 8292351

Claim:
An aerodynamic skirt assembly adapted to be mounted to an underside of a trailer and reduce air drag by the trailer, the aerodynamic skirt assembly comprising: a skirt panel including a front portion and a rear portion, said skirt panel being adapted to be mounted to the underside of the trailer along the length of a trailer; a plurality of resilient struts, including a first end adapted to be mounted to the trailer; and a second end adapted to be secured to the skirt panel; the skirt panel and the plurality of resilient struts having an original position before being elastically deformed; the skirt panel being characterized in that the skirt panel can sustain substantial elastic deformation when impacted by a foreign object and to return substantially to the original position when the skirt panel is no longer being impacted by the foreign object; the resilient struts being characterized in that the resilient struts can sustain substantial elastic deformation when the skirt panel is impacted by a foreign object and to return substantially to the original position when the skirt panel is no longer being impacted by the foreign object.