Patent ID: 8025330

Claim:
A fairing structure for a vehicle having a front vehicular component and a rear vehicular component in tandem and separated by a gap, comprising: a top fairing surface adapted to be attached to the rear vehicular component; a first side surface adapted to be attached to the rear vehicular component, joining a first end of the top surface and generally perpendicular to the top surface; a second side surface adapted to be attached to the rear vehicular component, joining a second end of the top surface opposite the first end and generally perpendicular to the top surface; each of the top and first and second side surfaces having a proximal edge adapted to be positioned adjacent a vehicle; each of the top and first and second side surfaces having a distal edge adapted to be positioned away from the vehicle with respect to the respective proximal edge; wherein the proximal edges of the top and side surfaces attach to the leading top and side edges, respectively, of the front surface of the rear vehicular component, so that an approximately uninterrupted surface is formed from the fairing structure to top and sides of the rear vehicular component; wherein an area bounded by the distal edges of the surfaces is smaller than an area bounded by the proximal edges; and wherein the top side surface, the first side surface and the second side surface are resilient in the regions distal from the regions where the first side surface joins the top side surface, and where the second side surface joins the top side surface.