Reinforcing bracket for trailer-frame butt joints
AssigneeNorco Industries, Inc.
InventorJeffrey P. Few
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Abstract
A reinforcing bracket for trailer frame-member butt joints comprises a first flange adapted to be parallel to the face of the frame members, a second flange extending perpendicularly from the first flange, and a third flange extending from the second flange parallel to the first flange. The first flange includes a plurality of dimples that correspond to dimples in the frame members. Each dimple in the first flange has an aperture therein that corresponds to an aperture in the corresponding frame-member dimple. In operation, the bracket is bolted to the frame members forming the joint. The present invention also describes a trailer frame utilizing the reinforcing bracket.
Claims20
A reinforcing bracket adapted span two members of a butt joint, comprising:
- a first flange having a plurality of dimples therein;
- a second flange extending from an end of the first flange;
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- a third flange extending from the second flange and spaced from the first flange, the first flange and the third flange each having a longitudinal extent and a width, the width of the first flange being greater than the width of the third flange.
A reinforcing bracket for a trailer frame that is adapted to spun and reinforce a butt joint between two frame members, each frame member having at least one dimple formed in a vertical face, each dimple having an aperture therein, the reinforcing bracket comprising:
- a first vertical flange having a plurality of dimples therein, each dimple having an aperture therein, the dimples being adapted to neat within the dimples in the frame members;
- a horizontal flange extending from the first vertical flange;
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- a second vertical flange extending from the horizontal flange, the second vertical flange having no dimples.
A reinforcing bracket adapted to span two members of a butt joint, comprising:
- a first flange having a plurality of dimples therein, each dimple having an aperture therein;
- a second flange extending substantially ninety degrees from an end of the first flange;
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- a third flange extending substantially ninety degrees from an end of the second flange opposite the first flange and in the same direction as the first flange, wherein,
- the first flange and the third flange each have a longitudinal extent and a width, the width of the first flange being greater than the width of the third flange, the third flange having no dimples.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.