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US 2021/0061162 A1Published application
Collapsible bulkheads and flatbed trailers
AssigneeChrome Deposit Corporation
InventorsCraig A. NOBLE, Derric ABNEY, Robert HILER
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Abstract
One or more flatbed trailers, load placement devices and/or collapsible bulkheads are provided. The flatbed trailer may have a lowered center of gravity and may comprise a plurality of load placement devices and a collapsible and/or crushable bulkhead disposed on a deck of the flatbed trailer to provide improved load transportation safety.
Claims21
A flatbed trailer system comprising:
- a trailer comprising:
- a total length defined between a front end and a rear end located opposite with respect to the front end of the trailer
- a total width defined between a first side and a second side located opposite with respect to the first side of the trailer;
- and
- a deck or a decking disposed on a top side of the trailer and along at least a portion of the length of trailer;
- and
- a bulkhead connected to the top side of the trailer, disposed adjacent to the front end of the trailer, and comprising:
- a first side plate;
- a second side plate;
- and
- at least one honeycomb structure disposed between the first side plate and the second side plate such that the at least one honeycomb structure connects the first side plate to the second side plate, wherein at least a portion of the at least one honeycomb structure is made of one or more materials having at least one of a crushable property and a collapsible property.
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A flatbed trailer system comprising:
- a trailer comprising:
- a total length defined between a front end and a rear end located opposite with respect to the front end of the trailer
- a total width defined between a first side and a second side located opposite with respect to the first side of the trailer;
- and
- a deck or a decking disposed on a top side of the trailer and along at least a portion of the length of trailer;
- and
- a load placement device connected to the top side of the trailer, disposed between the front end and the rear end of the trailer, and comprising:
- a bottom plate configured for fastening the load placement device to the deck or the decking of the trailer;
- an inner plate connected to the bottom plate;
- and
- at least one pair of roll blocks connected to the inner plate such that the inner plate is disposed between the bottom plate and the at least one pair roll blocks, wherein at least one void or space is disposed between the at least one pair of roll blocks and configured to receive a load and maintain the load at a distance away from the deck or the decking of the trailer, wherein at least one surface of the at least one pair of roll blocks is angled with respect to the bottom plate and the inner plate and configured to contact the load, when the load has been received by the at least one pair of roll blocks.
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A method of improving safety associated with transporting a load on a flatbed trailer, the method comprising:
- disposing a crushable and/or collapsible bulkhead at a front end of a flatbed trailer, wherein the crushable and/or collapsible bulkhead comprises cross tubes extending across at least a portion of a total width of the flatbed trailer and the cross tubes are made of one or more materials having at least one of a crushable property and a collapsible property;
- disposing a load placement device on a deck of the flatbed trailer between the front end of the flatbed trailer and an opposite rear end of the flatbed trailer;
- and
- disposing a load into a void or space of the load placement device such that the load placement device maintains a distance between the deck of the flatbed trailer and the load.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.