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Aerodynamically configured sleeper apparatus comprises a sleeper base compartment adapted to be removably mounted behind the truck cab of a tractor-trailer, and an aerodynamically contoured sleeper top mounted on the sleeper base compartment. The top has a front portion which extends forwardly to ov

Aerodynamically configured sleeper apparatus comprises a sleeper base compartment adapted to be removably mounted behind the truck cab of a tractor-trailer, and an aerodynamically contoured sleeper top mounted on the sleeper base compartment. The top has a front portion which extends forwardly to overhang a portion of the cab roof, and has a height at a rear wall thereof such that the overall height of the sleeper base compartment and the top matches the height of the trailer. Transition panels, configured to match the belt line of the cab, extend forwardly to the truck cab from the front wall of the sleeper compartment to afford a smooth air flow and to give the sleeper apparatus a built-in appearance. Adjustable side fairings, connected to a rear wall of the sleeper apparatus enable its width to be varied to match trailers having different widths. An adjustable top trim tab on the sleeper top enables the height of the sleeper apparatus to be adjusted to accommodate trailers of different heights. The interior of the sleeper top is open to the interior of the sleeper base compartment to afford greater head room, and the rear wall of the top has a reverse cutout for conveying air flow upwardly over the sleeper top.

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Sleeper apparatus adapted to be removably disposed on a truck chassis behind the truck cab comprising a sleeper base compartment, a sleeper top installed on the base compartment, the base compartment comprising an enclosure having front, side and rear walls, and the top comprising a rigid hollow she

Sleeper apparatus adapted to be removably disposed on a truck chassis behind the truck cab comprising a sleeper base compartment, a sleeper top installed on the base compartment, the base compartment comprising an enclosure having front, side and rear walls, and the top comprising a rigid hollow shell which is aerodynamically contoured so as to form an air fairing, the top having a front portion which extends forwardly of the front wall of the enclosure as to overhang the cab roof and to be free floating with respect to the cab roof, the front portion having a bottom wall which connects to the front wall to enclose the sleeper top, the entire bottom wall being spaced from the cab roof by an air space so as to permit air flow over the cab roof between the bottom wall and the cab roof, and vertically extending transition panels connected to the front wall of the enclosure adjacent to the side walls of the enclosure, the transition panels extending from the sides of the enclosure to corresponding sides of the truck cab and having a leading edge shaped to match the shape of the sides of the truck cab so that the transition panels blend into the sides of the truck cab, the leading edge being free floating at and spaced from the sides of the truck cab, and the transition panels being smoothly curved from the sides of the truck cab to the sides of the enclosure for smoothing air flow from the sides of the truck cab to the sides of the enclosure.