Patent ID: 7950721

Claim:
A skirting, for use with a trailer, comprising: first skirt element depending from the trailer, and including a first elongated sheet forming a continuous smooth side surface for the trailer and having a first outer surface, a first inner surface, and a first bottom edge which forms an inverted V and adjoins the first inner surface and the first outer surface; second skirt element, depending from the trailer and spaced apart from said first skirt element, said second skirt element including a second elongated sheet also forming a continuously smooth side surface for the trailer and having a second outer surface, a second inner surface, and a second bottom edge which forms an inverted V and adjoins the second inner surface and the second outer surface; said first and second elongated sheets each having a ground clearance extending in a first direction from the respective bottom edges, and wherein a second clearance extends in a second direction normal to the first direction from the first inner surface to the second inner surface; first bracing bar disposed on said first skirt, said first bracing bar having forward and rearward members joined to form an inverted V; and second bracing bar disposed on said second skirt, said second bracing bar having forward and rearward members joined to form an inverted V.