Patent ID: 7520534

Claim:
A fender mountable to a vehicle having a wheel, said fender comprising: a mounting bracket mountable to the vehicle; a suspension component mechanically coupled to said mounting bracket; and a shield component mechanically coupled to said suspension component so as to be positionable substantially adjacent the wheel, said shield component being substantially elongated, said shield component including a pair of substantially longitudinally opposed shield end sections; and a shield central section extending between said shield end sections, said shield central section being positionable in a substantially overriding relationship relatively to said wheel, said shield central section defining central section first and second lateral edges extending between said shield end sections; said suspension component including a deformable portion extending between said mounting bracket and said shield component, said deformable portion including a deformable portion-to-mounting bracket section mechanically coupled to said mounting bracket, a deformable portion-to-shield section mechanically coupled to said shield component and a linking section extending between said deformable portion-to-mounting bracket section and said deformable portion-to-shield section, said linking section being substantially resiliently deformable so as to allow said shield component to be moved relatively to said mounting bracket; wherein upon a biasing force being exerted onto said shield component, said biasing force deforms said deformable portion so as to move said shield component relatively to said mounting bracket.