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US 12,746,993 B2Granted
Side rail for trailer
AssigneeDorsey Trailer LLC
InventorsJames H. Adams, C J Watson
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Abstract
A side rail for a trailer including a side rail body and a rub rail body configured to be operably coupled to the side rail body. In one or more embodiments, the side rail body includes a pair of connecting walls extending transversely from a side rail wall of the side rail body and configured to be received within a corresponding pair of grooves of the rub rail body so as to operably couple the rub rail body to the side rail body in spaced relation.
Claims21
A side rail for a trailer, the side rail comprising:
- a side rail body that is, or is at least adapted to be, operably coupled to the trailer, said side rail body comprising:
- an elongated side rail wall defining opposing upper and lower portions;
- an upper connecting wall extending from the upper portion of the side rail wall;
- and
- a lower connecting wall spaced apart from the upper connecting wall and extending from the lower portion of the side rail wall;
- and
- a rub rail body that is, or is at least adapted to be, operably coupled to the side rail body, said rub rail body comprising an elongated rub rail wall defining opposing upper and lower portions,
- wherein, when the rub rail body is operably coupled to the side rail body:
- the upper and lower portions of the rub rail body are operably coupled to respective portions of the upper and lower connecting walls of the side rail body;
- and
- the upper and lower connecting walls space apart the rub rail body from the side rail wall of the side rail body.
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A side rail body that is, or is at least adapted to be, operably coupled to a trailer, said side rail body comprising:
- an elongated side rail wall defining opposing upper and lower portions;
- an upper connecting wall extending from the upper portion of the side rail wall,
- wherein a portion of the upper connecting wall of the side rail body is adapted to be operably coupled to an upper portion of a rub rail body when the rub rail body is operably coupled to the side rail body;
- and
- a lower connecting wall spaced apart from the upper connecting wall and extending from the lower portion of the side rail wall,
- wherein a portion of the lower connecting wall of the side rail body is adapted to be operably coupled to a lower portion of the rub rail body when the rub rail body is operably coupled to the side rail body, and
- wherein the upper and lower connecting walls are adapted to space apart the rub rail body from the side rail wall of the side rail body when the rub rail body is operably coupled to the side rail body;
- wherein, when the rub rail body is operably coupled to the side rail body, a longitudinal passage is defined between, and extends along, the rub rail body and the side rail body, said longitudinal passage being at least partially bounded by the rub rail wall of the rub rail body, the side rail wall of the side rail body, the upper connecting wall of the side rail body, and the lower connecting wall of the side rail body.
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A side rail body that is, or is at least adapted to be, operably coupled to a trailer, said side rail body comprising:
- an elongated side rail wall defining opposing upper and lower portions;
- an upper connecting wall extending from the upper portion of the side rail wall,
- wherein a portion of the upper connecting wall of the side rail body is adapted to be operably coupled to an upper portion of a rub rail body when the rub rail body is operably coupled to the side rail body;
- and
- a lower connecting wall spaced apart from the upper connecting wall and extending from the lower portion of the side rail wall,
- wherein a portion of the lower connecting wall of the side rail body is adapted to be operably coupled to a lower portion of the rub rail body when the rub rail body is operably coupled to the side rail body, and
- wherein the upper and lower connecting walls are adapted to space apart the rub rail body from the side rail wall of the side rail body when the rub rail body is operably coupled to the side rail body;
- wherein:
- the upper connecting wall of the side rail body is segmented along a longitudinal length of the side rail body proximate the upper portion of the side rail wall so that the segmented upper connecting wall is interspersed with, and spaced apart by, a plurality of upper gaps;
- and/or
- the lower connecting wall of the side rail body is segmented along the longitudinal length of the side rail body proximate the lower portion of the side rail wall so that the segmented lower connecting wall is interspersed with, and spaced apart by, a plurality of lower gaps.
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A rub rail body that is, or is at least adapted to be, operably coupled to a side rail body, said side rail body being, or at least being adapted to be, operably coupled to a trailer, the rub rail body comprising:
- an elongated rub rail wall defining opposing upper and lower portions,
- said upper portion of the rub rail wall being adapted to be operably coupled to a portion of an upper connecting wall of the side rail body when the rub rail body is operably coupled to the side rail body, and
- said lower portion of the rub rail wall being adapted to be operably coupled to a portion of a lower connecting wall of the side rail body when the rub rail body is connected to the side rail body;
- wherein the upper and lower connecting walls space apart the rub rail body from a side rail wall of the side rail body when the rub rail body is operably coupled to the side rail body;
- and
- wherein, when the rub rail body is operably coupled to the side rail body, a longitudinal passage is defined between, and extends along, the rub rail body and the side rail body, said longitudinal passage being at least partially bounded by the rub rail wall of the rub rail body, the side rail wall of the side rail body, the upper connecting wall of the side rail body, and the lower connecting wall of the side rail body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.