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US 10,479,257 B1Granted
Road trailer with lift frame for transporting and deploying legged containers
AssigneeKing Kutter II, Inc.
InventorsJ. Phillip Fraley, John W. Davis, III
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Abstract
A trailer has a main frame with a neck portion on its forward end. A pivot fifth wheel is rotatably affixed to the forward end of the neck portion. The pivot fifth wheel releasably attaches to the fifth wheel of a towing vehicle. An axle frame is rotatably affixed to the rearward end of the main frame, and rotates with respect to the main frame. The pivot fifth wheel and the axle frame are configured to pivot and move the main frame upwardly a vertical distance.
Claims17
A trailer comprising:
- a trailer main frame comprising a forward end and a rearward end;
- a neck portion rigidly affixed to the forward end of the main frame;
- a pivot fifth wheel rotatably affixed to the neck portion, the pivot fifth wheel rotatable with respect to the neck portion, the pivot fifth wheel configured to removably attach to a fifth wheel of a towing vehicle;
- an axle frame rotatably affixed to the rearward end of the main frame, the axle frame rotatable with respect to the main frame;
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- frontward hydraulic cylinders extending substantially vertically between the neck portion and the pivot fifth wheel, the frontward hydraulic cylinders configured to push down on the pivot fifth wheel and lift the neck and the main frame upwardly a vertical distance.
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A trailer comprising:
- a trailer main frame comprising a forward end and a rearward end;
- the forward end comprising a neck portion;
- a pivot fifth wheel rotatably affixed to the neck portion, the pivot fifth wheel rotatable with respect to the neck portion, the pivot fifth wheel configured to removably attach to a fifth wheel of a towing vehicle;
- frontward hydraulic cylinders extending substantially vertically between the neck portion and the pivot fifth wheel, the frontward hydraulic cylinders configured to push down on the pivot fifth wheel and lift the neck and the main frame upwardly a vertical distance.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.