US Patent Issued to Transtex on July 29 for "Segmented aerodynamic skirts for flatbed trailer" (South Carolina, Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,110, issued on July 29, was assigned to Transtex LLC (Lebanon, Ind.).

"Segmented aerodynamic skirts for flatbed trailer" was invented by Semir Kapetanovic (Simpsonville, S.C.), Nathan David See (Omaha, Neb.) and Michael Lorenzo Henderson (Piedmont, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-panel skirt system for a flatbed includes two pair of forward and aft skirt panels with each pair located on an opposite lateral sides of the flatbed. In each pair, the forward skirt panel extends along the lateral side edge generally in the lengthwise direction between a leading edge and a trailing edge, which is located adjacent to and aligned ...