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.
Claims8
A trailer comprising:
- a cargo box having a forward end, a rearward end, and a floor;
- a suspension assembly coupled beneath the rearward end of the cargo box and to a plurality of tires, the suspension assembly configured to support the cargo box via the tires;
- and
- a slider mechanism disposed between the suspension assembly and the cargo box, the slider mechanism including
- a rail assembly coupled to and extending along the cargo box, the rail assembly includes a wedge such that a height of the rail assembly increases toward the rearward end of the cargo box, and
- a box assembly slidably coupled to the rail assembly, the box assembly supporting the suspension assembly and movable along the rail assembly between an operating position and a docking position,
- wherein 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.