Trailer with loading and unloading system
AssigneeModology Design Group
InventorMark D. Hall
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Abstract
A trailer configured to transport a load including a lower surface and a pin socket includes a bed including an upper surface configured to support the load, a first rotation pin extending above the upper surface of the bed, and a winch assembly coupled to a first lateral side of the trailer. The winch assembly includes a first winch and a boom, wherein the boom is configured to extend outward from the first lateral side of the trailer, and the first winch is configured to be connected to the load and to rotate the load about the first rotation pin. When the load is positioned on the bed, a distance from the lower surface of the load to an upper surface of the pin socket is greater than a distance from the lower surface of the load to an upper surface of the rotation pin.
Claims17
A trailer configured to transport a load comprising a lower surface and a pin socket, the trailer comprising:
- a bed comprising an upper surface configured to support the load;
- a first rotation pin extending above the upper surface of the bed;
- and
- a winch assembly coupled to a first lateral side of the trailer and comprising a first winch and a boom, wherein the boom is configured to extend outward from the first lateral side of the trailer, and the first winch is configured to be connected to the load and to rotate the load about the first rotation pin,
- wherein when the load is positioned on the bed, a distance from the lower surface of the load to an upper surface of the pin socket is greater than a distance from the lower surface of the load to an upper surface of the first rotation pin.
A method of rotating a load comprising a lower surface and a pin socket on a trailer, the method comprising:
- positioning the load on a bed of the trailer, the trailer comprising:
- a rotation pin coupled to the bed of the trailer;
- and
- a winch assembly coupled to a first lateral side of the bed of the trailer, the winch assembly comprising a winch and a boom;
- wherein positioning the load on the trailer comprises rotatably coupling the pin socket to the rotation pin, and
- wherein when the load is positioned on the bed of the trailer, a distance from the lower surface of the load to an upper surface of the pin socket is greater than a distance from the lower surface of the load to an upper surface of the rotation pin;
- moving the boom to an extended position away from the bed of the trailer;
- coupling a rope to the load;
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- pulling the rope with the winch to rotate the load about the rotation pin.
A trailer configured to transport a load comprising a lower surface and a pin socket, the trailer comprising:
- a bed comprising an upper surface configured to support the load, the upper surface comprising at least one of a plurality of ball transfer units or a low friction material;
- a rotation pin coupled to the bed and extending above the upper surface;
- and
- a winch assembly coupled to a first lateral side of the trailer and comprising a winch configured to be coupled to the load by a rope and to rotate the load about the rotation pin;
- wherein the rotation pin is configured to be rotatably coupled to the pin socket to enable rotation of the load about the rotation pin, and
- wherein when the load is positioned on the bed, a distance from the lower surface of the load to an upper surface of the pin socket is greater than a distance from the lower surface of the load to an upper surface of the rotation pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.