Patent ID: 7108314

Claim:
In a selectively deployable, two rigid panel, wind deflector for a closed tailgate of the truck bed of a pickup truck which, when in a stored position, maintains both panels parallel to and adjacent the forward facing surface of the closed tailgate, and, when fully deployed, extends substantially across the width of the truck bed from the top of the closed tailgate downwardly and forwardly to a position adjacent the truck bed at a point rearward of the midpoint between the front and rear ends of the truck bed, to thereby reduce the aerodynamic drag of the closed tailgate as the pickup truck moves forwardly through the air, the improvement wherein the lower of the two panels of the deflector is slidingly mounted atop the upper of the two panels to reduce aerodynamic drag and the relative position of said two panels is controlled by a scissors jack operatively connected to the lower end of said lower panel.