AERODYNAMIC DEVICE FOR TRAILERS AND THE LIKE

摘要

A device (10) for attaching to and covering an entire blunt nose (14) of a blunt-nosed trailer (12) that is attached to and spaced behind a towing vehicle (16) without impinging upon the towing vehicle (16) so as to reduce drag of the blunt-nosed trailer (14) when being towed by the towing vehicle (16) by changing the blunt nose of the blunt-nosed trailer (12) to a lateral wedge. The device includes a frame (18) and a skin (20). The frame (20) is laterally wedge-shaped, is rigid, and is for attaching to the blunt nose of the blunt-nosed trailer (12) without impinging upon the towing vehicle (16). The skin (20) covers the frame (18), is rigid, is laterally wedge-shaped, encloses the frame (18), and is for covering the entire blunt nose of the blunt-nosed trailer (12) so as to reduce drag of the blunt-nosed trailer (14) when being towed by the towing vehicle (16) by changing the blunt nose of the blunt-nosed trailer (12) to a lateral wedge.