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US 11,752,961 B2Granted
Trailer with rear impact guard
AssigneeR.C. Tway Company, LLC
InventorsGeorge W. Gauntt, Tyler Payne, Derek King
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Abstract
A trailer has a rear floor assembly having a threshold plate and at least a pair of supports extending downwardly from the threshold plate, a rear lower cross member secured to the rear floor assembly, and a rear impact guard assembly having at least a pair of supports and a horizontal member secured to lower ends of the supports, upper ends of respective ones of the supports of the guard assembly secured to lower ends of respective ones of the supports of the rear floor assembly.
Claims26
A trailer comprising:
- a pair of opposed side walls, a floor, and a roof,
- a pair of opposed lower side rails extending generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of said trailer and having aft ends,
- said floor having an aft end edge forward of said aft ends of said lower side rails,
- a plurality of transverse frame members spanning between said lower side rails and underlying and supporting said floor,
- a crash plate assembly secured to said lower side rails and transverse frame members and having a threshold plate, a pair of inboard supports, and a pair of outboard supports, said threshold plate extending from said aft end edge of said floor to said aft ends of said lower side rails,
- a rear frame assembly secured to said crash plate assembly, side walls, and roof, said rear frame assembly having a pair of opposed vertical side members, a lower cross member, and an upper cross member, and
- a rear impact guard assembly having a pair of inboard supports, a pair of outboard supports, and a horizontal member secured to lower ends of said inboard and outboard supports of said guard assembly, respective ones of said inboard and outboard supports of said guard assembly secured to respective ones of said inboard and outboard supports of said crash plate assembly.
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A trailer comprising:
- a pair of opposed lower side rails extending generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of said trailer,
- a pair of opposed side walls, a main floor, and a roof, said main floor secured to said pair of lower side rails,
- a rear floor assembly secured to said pair of lower side rails, said rear floor assembly having a threshold plate and at least a pair of supports,
- a rear frame assembly secured to said rear floor assembly, side walls, and roof, said rear frame assembly having a pair of opposed vertical side members, a lower cross member, and an upper cross member, and
- a rear impact guard assembly having at least a pair of supports and a horizontal member secured to said supports, respective ones of said supports of said guard assembly secured to respective ones of said supports of said rear floor assembly.
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A trailer comprising:
- a pair of opposed lower side rails extending generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of said trailer,
- a forward floor secured to said pair of lower side rails,
- a rear floor assembly secured to said pair of lower side rails, said rear floor assembly having a threshold plate and at least a pair of downwardly extending supports,
- a rear frame assembly having a lower cross member, said lower cross member secured to said rear floor assembly, and
- a rear impact guard assembly having at least a pair of upwardly extending supports and a horizontal member secured to lower ends of said supports of said guard assembly,
- respective ones of said supports of said guard assembly secured to respective ones of said supports of said rear floor assembly.
3 more elements
A trailer comprising:
- a rear floor assembly having a threshold plate and at least a pair of supports extending downwardly from said threshold plate,
- a rear lower cross member secured to said rear floor assembly, and
- a rear impact guard assembly having at least a pair of supports and a horizontal member secured to lower ends of said supports of said guard assembly,
- upper ends of respective ones of said supports of said guard assembly secured to lower ends of respective ones of said supports of said rear floor assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.