Skirting means

Claim 1

IN A SKIRT FOR SCREENING THE SPACE BETWEEN THE GROUND AND THE LOWER EDGE OF A TRAILER, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL POSTS OF SHEET MATERIAL SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER ALONG SAID LOWER EDGE; EACH OF SAID POSTS HAVING A GROUND CONTACTING ELEMENT AT ONE END AND A TRAILER ENGAGING MEANS ON THE OTHER END, SAID POSTS HAVING A FLAT FRONT SUPPORTING SURFACE; A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED FLEXIBLE PANELS INCLUDING A TOP AND BOTTOM PANEL; SUPPORT MEANS ON SAID FLAT FRONT SURFACE OF SAID POST SUPPORTING SAID PANELS AGAINST SAID SURFACE IN A SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELTIONSHIP, SAID SUPPORT MEANS COMPRISING TABS SPACED APART VERTICALLY ON SAID POSTS A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF A PANEL, SAID TABS BEING STRUCK FROM THE SHEET MATERIAL TO PROJECT AT AN ACUTE ANGLE FROM SAID FRONT SUPPORTING SURFACE, SAID TABS BEING ARRANGED IN PAIRS WITH THEIR BASE PORTIONS IN ALIGNMENT ALONG A SUBSTANTIALLY COMMON HORIZONTAL LINE AND THE BODIES OF THE TABS OF EACH PAIR EXTENDING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO SAID SUBSTANTIALLY COMMON HORIZONTAL LINE, SAID PANELS HAVING UPPER AND LOWER EDGES THAT ARE PARALLEL ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID PANEL, SAID PANELS EXTENDING BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO OF SAID POSTS, THE ADJACENT EDGES OF ADJACENT PANELS EACH HAVING ONE EDGE THEREOF RECEIVED UNDER ONE TAB OF SAID PAIR OF TABS AND THE OTHER EDGE OF SAID ADJACENT PANELS RECEIVED UNDER THE OTHER TAB OF SAID PAIR OF TABS, AND TABS ON SAID POSTS RECEIVING THEREUNDER THE UPPER AND LOWER EDGES OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM PANELS RESPECTIVELY.