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An air drag reducing apparatus for use with a vehicle having a rear end closed by a pair of doors consists of a rectangular shaped panel having a leading edge hingedly connected to the vehicle, the panel extending at about 16 degrees relative to the rearward projection of a side of the vehicle in a

An air drag reducing apparatus for use with a vehicle having a rear end closed by a pair of doors consists of a rectangular shaped panel having a leading edge hingedly connected to the vehicle, the panel extending at about 16 degrees relative to the rearward projection of a side of the vehicle in a drag reducing position. As the door is opened, an element allows the panel to be moved between the door and the side of the vehicle to a position adjacent the side of the vehicle. As the door is moved back from the opened position to a closed position, the element causes the panel to return to its drag reducing position. The rear of a vehicle includes two side panels and two top panels.

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1. An air drag reducing apparatus for use with a vehicle having a top and opposite lateral sides contiguous with a rear end formed of a pair of hingedly mounted rectangular doors movable between a closed position to a fully open retracted position wherein said doors are retracted adjacent to a corre

1. An air drag reducing apparatus for use with a vehicle having a top and opposite lateral sides contiguous with a rear end formed of a pair of hingedly mounted rectangular doors movable between a closed position to a fully open retracted position wherein said doors are retracted adjacent to a corresponding side of the vehicle; said apparatus comprising:a pair of elongated generally rectangular side panels each having opposite short sides and opposite long sides, said long sides defining a leading edge and a trailing edge; hinge means connecting each said side panel allowing for pivotal movement relative to a corresponding door of said vehicle; means associated with each said side panel for maintaining said side panel in a drag reducing position rearwardly of a corresponding closed door wherein said side panel defines an angle of about 16.degree. with a rearward projection of a plane of the corresponding side of the vehicle; a pair of generally rectangular top panels each having opposite short sides and opposite long sides, said long sides defining a leading edge and a trailing edge; said short sides of said top panels including one short side disposed adjacent an inner face of a corresponding one of said side panels when said side panels are in said drag reducing position; and means associated with said top panels for maintaining said top panels in a drag reducing position rearwardly of a corresponding closed door wherein each said top panel defines an angle of about 16.degree. with a rearward projection of a plane of the top of the vehicle; said maintaining means associated with said top panels allowing said top panels to be moved from said drag reducing position to a position lying substantially parallel to a corresponding side of the vehicle between a corresponding side panel and a corresponding door in said fully open position.