Aerodynamic trailer
AssigneeSTI Holdings, Inc.
InventorsDenys Bykovskyi, Kenneth Roloff, Gary Lynn Fenton
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Abstract
A trailer includes a cargo box having a forward end, a rearward end, and a flat floor extending between the forward end and the rearward end. A slider mechanism is coupled beneath the rearward end of the cargo box. A suspension assembly is movably coupled to the slider mechanism and configured to support the cargo box. The suspension assembly is movable along the slider mechanism between an operating position and a docking position. An operating height of the cargo box, when the suspension assembly is in the operating position, is lower than a docking height of the cargo box, when the suspension assembly is in the docking position.
Claims16
A trailer comprising:
- a cargo box having a forward end, a rearward end spaced lengthwise from the forward end, and a flat floor extending between the forward end and the rearward end;
- a slider mechanism coupled beneath the rearward end of the cargo box;
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- a suspension assembly movably coupled to the slider mechanism and configured to support the cargo box, the suspension assembly movable lengthwise along the slider mechanism between an operating position and a docking position,
- wherein, in response to movement of the suspension assembly along the slider mechanism to the operating position, the cargo box assumes an operating height, and in response to movement of the suspension assembly along the slider mechanism to the docking position, the cargo box assumes a docking height, and
- wherein the operating height is lower than the docking height.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.