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US 11,958,703 B2Granted
Trailer stabilizer and restraint
AssigneeStabilock, LLC
InventorThomas Terrance Kimener
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Abstract
A trailer restraining device comprising a portable frame having mounted thereto a tail hook and a king pin receiver that includes at least one of a receiver hydraulic cylinder, a receiver pneumatic cylinder, a receiver electric actuator, and a receive winch.
Claims16
A method of verifying stabilization of a parked semi-trailer, the method comprising:
- positioning a semi-trailer stabilizer underneath a forward portion of the parked semi-trailer, and toward a rear end of the parked semi-trailer, while at least two ground supports of the semi-trailer stabilizer are elevated above the ground, where the at least two ground supports are operatively coupled to one another via a cross-member and operatively coupled to at least one angled brace, where positioning the semi-trailer stabilizer includes positioning each of the at least two ground supports to be located on an opposing side of a longitudinal center plane of the parked semi-trailer;
- repositioning the at least two ground supports, after the semi-trailer stabilizer is positioned underneath the forward portion of the parked semi-trailer, to cause the at least two ground supports to contact the ground, where at least a portion of the semi-trailer stabilizer extends beyond a footprint of the parked semi-trailer;
- and,
- displaying a camera image, of a relative position of the semi-trailer stabilizer and the parked semi-trailer, on a visual display within an interior of a loading dock adjacent to the parked semi-trailer.
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A method of verifying stabilization of a parked semi-trailer at a loading facility, the method comprising:
- positioning a semi-trailer stabilizer, including at least two repositionable ground mounts, underneath the parked semi-trailer so that the at least two repositionable ground mounts are elevated above the ground;
- repositioning the at least two repositionable ground mounts to engage the ground;
- and,
- displaying, on a visual display within the loading facility, a camera image of a relative position of the semi-trailer stabilizer and the parked semi-trailer.
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A trailer stabilizing system comprising:
- a repositionable semi-trailer stabilizer including:
- first and second ground supports operatively coupled to one another via a cross-member, at least one of the first and second ground supports being operatively coupled to an angled brace;
- a first semi-trailer stop configured to engage, in a first direction, a horizontal surface of a parked semi-trailer to support at least a portion of a forward weight of the parked semi-trailer;
- a second semi-trailer stop configured to engage, in a second direction, a vertical surface of the parked semi-trailer to retard horizontal repositioning of the repositionable semi-trailer stabilizer in the second direction;
- a plurality of wheels operatively coupled to the first and second ground supports;
- a camera remote from the repositionable semi-trailer stabilizer;
- and,
- a display remote from the repositionable semi-trailer stabilizer and configured to be communicatively coupled to the camera and display images based upon signals from the camera.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.