Side wind protector
View Patent ↗The current invention is a side wind protector. It allows for the blocking and channeling the air away from the cab when a removable door has been removed. The side wind protector connects to the vehicle in front of the door frame (the open area when the door is remove) and buffers and channels the air away from the opening and the cab. It is slight angle backwards and can incorporate a mirror. In one embodiment it can be installed in the hinges where the door was attached. It can be attached to either side or both sides of the vehicle.
1 . A side wind protector for a vehicle having a cab comprising:
a wind shield for blocking and channeling an air flow away from the cab when a removable door has been removed where the wind shield extends vertically from a bottom therefore and then angles back from a vertical direction relative to a front of the vehicle where the wind shield extends rearwardly from a front edge thereof slightly angled outward and backward from the vehicle to move the air flow out and away from an open-door frame when the removable door has been removed, and having a plurality of hinge pins, where the plurality of hinge pins have a pin and a block, where each pin is placed in a vehicle hinge with the block resting on the top of each hinge, where the pin has a diameter that fits into the hinge and has a length greater than the hinge, and where each block has a diameter greater than the hinge.
2 . The side wind protector according to claim 1 comprising:
a mirror attached to the wind shield.
3 . The side wind protector according to claim 1 comprising:
an adjustable mirror socket that is attached to the wind shield and a mirror attached to the mirror socket.
4 . The side wind protector according to claim 1 comprising:
a support bar attached to the wind shield.
5 . The side wind protector according to claim 4 comprising:
a mirror attached to the support bar.
6 . The side wind protector according to claim 4 comprising:
an adjustable mirror socket that is attached to the support bar and a mirror attached to the mirror socket.
7 . The side wind protector according to claim 1 :
where the wind shield is made of a thin strong material.
8 . The side wind protector according to claim 1 :
where the wind shield rounded edges.
9 . The side wind protector according to claim 1 :
where the wind shield has an inner shape that follows the contour of the vehicle that the wind shield is attached to.
10 . The side wind protector according to claim 4 comprising:
where the hinge pins are attached to the support bar and the support bar adjusts the location of the hinge pins.
11 . A process to prevent wind from entering a vehicle cab comprising:
using the side wind protector of claim 1 .