Trailer dampening system
OwnerLane L. Englishinventor
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Abstract
A dampening system is configured to isolate and dampen vibrations from transferring between a towing vehicle and gooseneck trailer. The system includes a neck support structure, a gooseneck having a coupling, a trailer mounting structure, the trailer mounting structure in communication with the neck support structure based on one or more hinges, a set of air bladders, wherein the air bladders are in communication with the neck support structure and the trailer mounting structure, and a flatbed, wherein the flatbed is in communication with the trailer mounting structure.
Claims17
A dampening system for a gooseneck trailer comprising:
- a neck support structure, wherein the neck support structure is a planar body having a front face, a back face, a ground edge, a distal edge, and a set of flanking edges;
- a gooseneck having a first end and a second end, wherein a coupling is located at the first end of the gooseneck, the coupling configured to receive a gooseneck trailer hitch associated with a towing vehicle, and wherein the second end of the gooseneck is in communication with the front face of the neck support structure and is proximate to the distal edge of the neck support structure;
- a trailer mounting structure, wherein the trailer mounting structure is a planar body having a front face, a back face, a ground edge, a distal edge, and a set of flanking edges, wherein the trailer mounting structure is in communication with the neck support structure based on one or more hinges axially aligned and located along the back face of the neck support structure proximate to the ground edge and along the front face of the trailer mounting structure proximate to the ground edge;
- a set of air bladders each having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of each air bladder is in communication with the neck support structure located on the back face proximate to the distal edge of the neck support structure, and wherein the second end of each air bladder is in communication with the trailer mounting structure located on the front face proximate to the distal edge of the trailer mounting structure;
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- a flatbed having a front edge, wherein the front edge of the flatbed is in communication with the trailer mounting structure located on the back face proximate to the ground edge of the trailer mounting structure.
A dampening system for a gooseneck trailer, comprising:
- a flatbed having a front edge;
- a trailer mounting structure coupled to the front edge of the flatbed;
- a neck support structure having a gooseneck with a first end and a second end, a coupling is located at the first end for receiving a gooseneck trailer hitch associated with a towing vehicle, the second end of the gooseneck is in communication with a front face of the neck support structure and is proximate to a distal edge of the neck support structure;
- an air bladder located between the trailer mounting structure and the neck support structure and configured to dampen effects of vibration during transportation;
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- a hinge coupled to the trailer mounting structure and the neck support structure, the neck support structure and the trailer mounting structure configured to pivot relative to one another about an axis of the hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.