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US 4,127,202 AGranted
True tracking trailer
OwnerFrederick R. Jennings, James O. Moritzinventors
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Abstract
A stablized, true tracking trailer adapted to be cross-coupled with other true tracking trailers into a train, each trailer having a vehicle body including a cargo bed and having a fixed wheel and two castor wheels supporting the body, thereby providing a stable 3 point contact with the ground, a first and second pivotal connector attached proximate opposite corners of the first end of the body, and a third and fourth pivotal connector attached proximate opposite corners of a second end of the body for use with trailer cross-coupling linkage arms.
Claims10
A true tracking trailer apparatus comprising:
- first and second generally rectangular trailer vehicles each of which includes;
- a rectangular, planar cargo bed having a front, rear, left and right side and a longitudinal centerline extending between said front and rear sides and a transverse centerline extending between said left and right sides,
- a front inner wall rising perpendicularly from the plane of the bed at said front side and a rear inner wall rising perpendicularly from the plane of the bed at said rear side,
- outer wall means having a front portion disposed forward of said front inner wall and having a rear portion disposed rearward of said rear inner wall whereby a front wheel well is defined between said front portion and said front inner wall and a rear wheel well is defined between said rear portion and said rear inner wall,
- a front castor wheel supporting said vehicle and disposed in said front wheel well,
- a rear castor wheel supporting said vehicle and disposed in said rear wheel well,
- a fixed wheel supporting said vehicle and having an axis of rotation parallel to and aligned with said transverse centerline,
- means connecting said second vehicle to said first vehicle including;
- a first linkage arm pivotally connected at a first end of said second vehicle along a first side of said longitudinal centerline and pivotally connected at a second end to a second end of said first vehicle along a second side of said longitudinal centerline;
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- a second linkage arm pivotally connected at a first end to a first end of said second vehicle along a second side of said longitudinal centerline and pivotally connected at a second end to a second end of said vehicle along a first side of said longitudinal centerline;
- whereby said true tracking trailer apparatus may be towed in either direction and whereby said trailer apparatus maintains an essentially constant distance between load centers of said trailers.
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