Portable fabrication trailer for structural metal members
OwnerZonnie Clifton Singletoninventor
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Abstract
A portable trailer 10 for fabricating structural metal members suitable for a building at a job site comprises a trailer frame 12 having a plurality of side panels, a roof, and a floor defining a trailer interior. One or more dollies 30 is removably attachable to and attachable from the trailer frame, and support the trailer frame during transport. When at the job site, one or more dollies are removed from under the trailer frame, which is lowered to an operating position. One or more metal member fabricating machines 40 are positioned within the trailer interior. The machines are preferably movable from a transport position to an operating position.
Claims30
A portable trailer for fabricating structural metal members for a building at a job site, the trailer comprising:
- a trailer frame supporting a front panel, a left-side panel, a right-side panel, a rear panel, a roof, and a floor, the plurality of panels, roof, and floor defining a trailer interior;
- one or more dollies removably attachable to or detachable from the trailer frame, the one or more dollies supporting the trailer frame during transport, and detachable from the trailer frame at the job site to lower the floor from a transport position to an operating position;
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- one or more metal member fabricating machines within the trailer interior.
A portable trailer as defined in claim 3, wherein the crane is a bridge crane for positioning a load left-to-right and front-to-rear within the trailer interior.
A portable trailer for fabricating structural metal members for a building at a job site, the trailer comprising:
- a trailer frame supporting a front panel, a left-side panel, a right-side panel, a rear panel, a roof, and a floor, the plurality of panels, roof, and floor defining a trailer interior;
- one or more dollies removably attachable to or detachable from the trailer frame, the one or more dollies supporting the trailer frame during transport, and detachable from the trailer frame at the job site to lower the floor from a transport position to an operating position;
- two or more metal member fabricating machines within the trailer interior;
- a crane secured to the trailer frame and positioned within the trailer interior for unloading coiled metal for the one or more fabricating machines;
- a hydraulic power source supported on the trailer frame;
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- a plurality of hydraulic cylinders powered by the hydraulic power source for raising the trailer frame to remove the one or more dollies at the job site and for subsequently lowering the trailer frame to the operating position below the transport position.
A method of fabricating structural metal members for a building at a job site, the method comprising:
- supporting a front panel, a left-side panel, a right-side panel, a rear panel, a roof, and a floor on a trailer frame, the plurality of panels, roof, and floor defining a trailer interior;
- removably attachable one or more dollies to the trailer frame, the one or more dollies supporting the trailer frame during transport;
- detaching the one or more dollies from the trailer frame at the job site;
- with the one or more dollies detached, lowering the floor from a transport position to an operating position;
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- operating one or more metal member fabricating machines within the trailer interior while at the job site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.