Tipping trailers
AssigneePatents4Us Pty Ltd
InventorRhys William Richards
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Abstract
A tipping trailer having forward and rear ends and a longitudinal axis and including a trailer bed (14), longitudinally spaced wheel assemblies (16,17) for supporting the rear end of the trailer bed (14), pivotally mounted arm element (19) coupling the trailer bed (14) to the longitudinally spaced wheel assemblies (16,17), the arm element (19) has a rearward pivotal connection (21) and a forward pivotal connection (20) such that as the trailer bed (14) is tipped the longitudinally spaced wheel assemblies (16,17) remain in ground contact during tipping of the trailer bed (14) with the load distributed evenly across the longitudinally spaced wheel assemblies (16,17).
Claims27
A tipping trailer having forward and rear ends and a longitudinal axis and including a trailer bed, longitudinally spaced wheel assemblies for supporting a rear end of said trailer bed and pivotally mounted arm means coupling the trailer bed to the longitudinally spaced wheel assemblies characterised in that the arm means has a rearward pivotal connection and a forward pivotal connection such that as the trailer is tipped and said longitudinally spaced wheel assemblies remain in ground contact during tipping of said trailer bed with a load distributed evenly across the said longitudinally spaced wheel assemblies.
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