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.
Claims5
A trailer comprising:
- a cargo box having a forward end, a rearward end, and a floor extending between the forward end and the rearward end;
- a slider mechanism coupled beneath the rearward end of the cargo box;
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- a suspension assembly movably coupled to the slider mechanism and configured to support the cargo box, the suspension assembly movable along the slider mechanism 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, and
- wherein the floor is configured to maintain a level orientation when the cargo box is at the operating height.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.