Air powered landing gear
OwnerJ. Phillip Fraley, John W. Davis, IIIinventors
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Abstract
An air powered landing gear supports a front end a trailer when it is deployed. A cylindrical rod is secured to an underside of the trailer, and a collar assembly rotates around the rod. A leg assembly is rigidly affixed to and extends downwardly from the collar assembly. A pneumatic cylinder extends between the trailer and the leg assembly and is configured to rotate the landing gear from a deployed position, wherein the landing gear supports the front end of the trailer, to a stowed position, wherein the landing gear is rotated upwardly toward the trailer.
Claims8
An air powered landing gear for supporting a front end of a trailer, comprising:
- a cylindrical rod secured by a plurality of brackets to an underside of the trailer;
- a collar assembly configured to receive and rotate around the rod, the collar assembly comprising a central collar and two outer collars, the two outer collars disposed outwardly from and spaced apart from the central collar, each of the two outer collars and the central collar comprising cylinders rotatable around the rod;
- a leg assembly rigidly affixed to and extending downwardly from the collar assembly, the leg assembly comprising two legs, each leg rigidly affixed to and extending downwardly from one of the two outer collars, the leg assembly further comprising a pair of angled braces rigidly affixed to and extending between the central collar at upper ends of the angled braces and the legs at lower ends of the angled braces;
- a pneumatic cylinder extending between the trailer and the leg assembly, the pneumatic cylinder configured to rotate the landing gear from a deployed position, wherein the landing gear supports the front end of the trailer, to a stowed position, wherein the landing gear is rotated upwardly toward the trailer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.