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Pair of trailer skirting air deflectors

Granted 24 Jan 1995 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Fitzgerald Corporation · originally Fitzgerald IP Law

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Inventors: James P. Fitzgerald, Joseph M. Fitzgerald, deceased · Examiner: James M. Gandy · AU 291 · TC 2900

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filed 17 Mar 1993
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US D354726
granted 24 Jan 1995

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a pair of trailer skirting air deflectors showing our new design, comprising a curbside deflector in the foreground and a roadside deflector in the background installed on a trailer which is shown in broken lines for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design;

FIG. 2 is a front elevation view thereof with the curbside deflector above and the roadside deflector below;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevation view of the curbside deflector thereof, it being understood that the rear of the roadside deflector is substantially a reverse image of that shown;

FIG. 4 is an exploded front elevation view of the curbside deflector thereof with the lower pelmet strip omitted for convenience of illustration;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged right end elevation view of the right component of the curbside deflector shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a greatly enlarged fragmentary front elevation view of the left end of the roadside deflector shown in FIG. 2 illustrating the gas-access cover in greater detail;

FIG. 7 is a front elevation view of a pair of trailer skirting air deflectors showing a second embodiment of our new design with the curbside deflector above and the roadside deflector below;

FIG. 8 is a greatly enlarged fragmentary front elevation view of the left end of the roadside deflector shown in FIG. 7 illustrating the gas-access cover in greater detail;

FIG. 9 is a rear elevation view of the curbside deflector shown in FIG. 7, it being understood that the rear of the roadside deflector is substantially a reverse image of that shown;

FIG. 10 is an exploded front elevation view of the curbside deflector shown in FIG. 7 with the lower pelmet strip omitted for convenience of illustration;

FIG. 11 is a greatly enlarged right end elevation view of the right component of the curbside deflector shown in FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged left end elevation view of the left component of both embodiments of the curbside deflector shown in FIGS. 4 and 10 respectively; and,

FIG. 13 is a greatly enlarged left end elevation view of the central component of both embodiments of the curbside deflector shown in FIGS. 4 and 10 respectively.

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