Patent ID: 8801078

Claim:
A side skirt system for reducing drag on a trailer, comprising: a side skirt wall configured to be coupled to one side of the trailer to extend below a side wall of the trailer at least partially along a length of the trailer; and a mounting bracket assembly coupled to the side skirt wall and configured to be coupled to a floor assembly of the trailer, wherein the mounting bracket assembly and the side skirt wall are configured to tilt laterally inwardly with respect to a generally vertical axis parallel to the side skirt wall, and wherein the mounting bracket assembly includes a vertically-extending compression spring having a first end configured to be coupled to the floor assembly of the trailer and a second end configured to compress as the side skirt wall tilts laterally inwardly, wherein the mounting bracket assembly includes a vertically-extending channel mount coupled to the side skirt wall and configured to move with the side skirt wall, and wherein the compression spring is positioned above the channel mount.