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US 12,377,921 B2Granted
Portable trailer stabilizers
AssigneeIdeal Warehouse Innovations, Inc.
InventorThomas T. Kimener
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Abstract
A terminal tractor, comprising: (a) an operator cab, (b) a fifth wheel configured for repositioning trailers, and (c) a trailer stabilizer lift separate from the fifth wheel.
Claims20
A terminal tractor, comprising:
- a fifth wheel configured for repositioning trailers, wherein the fifth wheel is located at a first position of the terminal tractor;
- and a trailer stabilizer positioning element configured for positioning a portable trailer stabilizer, wherein the trailer stabilizer positioning element is located at a second position of the terminal tractor that is separate from the fifth wheel, and wherein the trailer stabilizer positioning element physically engages a coordinating engagement element of the portable trailer stabilizer during positioning of the portable trailer stabilizer relative to a parked trailer by movement of the terminal tractor.
A tractor, comprising:
- a trailer stabilizer positioning element configured for positioning a portable trailer stabilizer, wherein the trailer stabilizer positioning element comprises at least one outwardly extending arm, and wherein the at least one outwardly extending arm is pivotable between a generally horizontal extended configuration and a generally vertical retracted configuration, and wherein the outwardly extending arm physically engages a coordinating engagement element of the portable trailer stabilizer during positioning of the portable trailer stabilizer relative to a parked trailer by movement of the tractor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.