Parking Brake for Towable Trailer and Method of Using Same
AssigneeCrews Lock LLC
InventorDerek T. Crews
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Abstract
A parking brake system. The parking brake system may include a braking assembly frame having a front end portion and a second end portion; a pressure bar disposed at the second end portion of the braking assembly frame, wherein the pressure bar may be configured to apply a braking force to a tire in a first state and to remove the braking force in a second state; and a braking control actuator operatively linked to the braking assembly frame, wherein the braking control actuator may be configured to cause the braking assembly frame to move the pressure bar between the first state and the second state.
Claims20
A parking brake system comprising:
- a braking assembly frame having a front end portion and a second end portion;
- a pressure bar disposed at the second end portion of the braking assembly frame, wherein the pressure bar is configured to apply a braking force to a tire in a first state and to remove the braking force in a second state;
- and
- a braking control actuator operatively linked to the braking assembly frame, wherein the braking control actuator is configured to cause the braking assembly frame to move the pressure bar between the first state and the second state.
A trailer, comprising:
- one or more tires;
- and
- a parking brake system comprising:
- a braking assembly frame having a front end portion and a second end portion;
- one or more pressure bars disposed at the second end portion of the braking assembly frame, wherein the one or more pressure bars are configured to apply a braking force to one or more of the one or more tires in a first state and to remove the braking force in a second state;
- and
- a braking control actuator operatively linked to the braking assembly frame, wherein the braking control actuator is configured to cause the braking assembly frame to move the one or more pressure bars between the first state and the second state.
A method of using a parking brake system, the method comprising:
- providing a parking brake system, wherein the parking brake system comprises:
- a braking assembly frame having a front end portion and a second end portion;
- a pressure bar disposed at the second end portion of the braking assembly frame, wherein the pressure bar is configured to apply a braking force to a tire of a trailer in a first state and to remove the braking force in a second state;
- and
- a braking control actuator operatively linked to the braking assembly frame, wherein the braking control actuator is configured to cause the braking assembly frame to move the pressure bar between a first state and a second state;
- activating the braking control actuator to the first state to engage the pressure bar with the tire of the trailer;
- and
- deactivating the braking control actuator to the second state to disengage the pressure bar from the tire of the trailer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.