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6. A front underfloor structure of a vehicle, comprising a protruding member protruding downward from a front underfloor surface of the vehicle and being configured to redirect a flow of traveling air that flows around a front underfloor while traveling, wherein
the protruding member is configured as a protruding member with curved surface disposed at a position closer to the vehicle front than front tires and in a central portion of the front underfloor straddling a vehicle center line, and
the protruding member with curved surface has a shape of a protruding curved surface, the shape of the protruding curved surface has a circumference of a surface in a vehicle longitudinal direction that is longest at the position of the vehicle center line and becomes gradually shorter with increasing distance from the vehicle center line on both sides in a vehicle width direction.
7. The front underfloor structure of the vehicle, according to claim 6, wherein
the protruding member with curved surface has an external configuration having an oval shape having a dimension in the vehicle width direction as a major axis and a dimension in the longitudinal direction as a minor axis, and has the shape of the protruding curved surface configured as a spherical three-dimensional shape formed by gathering similar arc linear elements that become gradually shorter in length in a direction from the vehicle center line toward both sides in the vehicle width direction while the longest arc linear element is set at the position of the vehicle center line.
8. The front underfloor structure of the vehicle, according to claim 6, wherein
a front undercover is disposed in such a way as to cover a front underfloor region between the pair of left and right front tires, and
the protruding member with curved surface is configured as a protruding portion with curved surface molded integrally with the front undercover.
9. The front underfloor structure of the vehicle, according to claim 8, wherein
the front undercover has an inclined portion inclined downward from a front end portion of the vehicle toward the vehicle rear, and
the protruding portion with curved surface is disposed at the position of the inclined portion of the front undercover.
10. The front underfloor structure of the vehicle, according to claim 9, wherein
a pair of left and right front deflectors are disposed forward of the pair of left and right front tires, respectively, the pair of left and right front deflectors configured such that, when struck by air traveling from the vehicle front, the pair of left and right front deflectors redirect a flow of the traveling air to a flow of air passing below the central portion of the front underfloor centered on the vehicle center line, and
the protruding portion with curved surface is disposed at a position closer to the vehicle front than the pair of left and right front deflectors.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A signage retrofit fit kit for a vending machine, comprising:
a sign having a front side visible by a customer of the vending machine and a rear side facing the vending machine, the sign being attachable to a front portion of the vending machine and having at least one window portion through which an item located on the rear side of the sign can be viewed from the front side of the sign, the window portion being spaced apart from a product identification window of a selection panel of the vending machine and having a size greater than a size of the selection panel product identification window; and
a holder constructed and arranged to be positioned on the rear side of the sign, the holder also constructed and arranged to hold a remote product identifier such that the remote product identifier is viewable from the front side through the window portion of the sign, the remote product identifier also having a size greater than the size of the selection panel product identification window;
wherein the holder comprises:
a backing plate attachable to the rear side of the sign, the remote product identifier being positionable between the sign and the backing plate;
a spacing member positionable between the rear side of the sign and the backing plate to space the backing plate away from the rear side and provide a channel for retaining the remote product identifier;
wherein the backing plate and spacing member are attached to the rear side of the sign with adhesive.
2. The signage retrofit kit of claim 1, wherein the spacing member is constructed of foam and is adhesively coated on both sides to attach to both the rear side of the sign and to the backing plate.
3. A signage retrofit fit kit for a vending machine, comprising:
a sign having a front side visible by a customer of the vending machine and a rear side facing the vending machine, the sign being attachable to a front portion of the vending machine and having a plurality of window portions through which items located on the rear side of the sign can be viewed from the front side of the sign, the window portions being spaced apart from positions of product identification windows of an original selection panel of the vending machine and having sizes greater than sizes of the original selection panel product identification windows; and
a holder constructed and arranged to be positioned on the rear side of the sign, the holder also constructed and arranged to hold at least one remote product identifier such that the remove product identifier is viewable from the front side through one of the window portions of the sign, the remote product identifier also having a size greater than the size of each of the original selection panel product identification windows;
wherein the holder comprises:
a backing plate attachable to the rear side of the sign, the remote product identifier being positionable between the sign and the backing plate;
a spacing member positionable between the rear side of the sign and the backing plate to space the backing plate away from the rear side and provide a channel for retaining the remote product identifier;
wherein the backing plate and spacing member are attached to the rear side of the sign with adhesive;
and further including a plurality of the remote product identifier, each of the plurality visible to the customer through a corresponding window portion.
4. The signage retrofit kit of claim 3, wherein the spacing member is constructed of foam and is adhesively coated on both sides to attach to both the rear side of the sign and to the backing plate.
5. The signage retrofit kit of claim 3, the kit further comprising:
a plurality of switches attached to the sign, each associated with a remote product identifier and operatively connectable to existing circuitry of the vending machine such that manipulation of a switch can trigger a vend cycle for a product associated with the associated remote product identifier.