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US 7,387,316 B2Granted
Portable water tank
AssigneeBobby J. Kelley
InventorKeril M. Keiser
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Abstract
A portable tank apparatus has a yoke pivotal on a transverse member between a service towing position and a raised position, and a pair of hingedly connected brace members at the rear of the apparatus and operable by an actuator to retract the wheels or lower the wheels to the ground.
Claims26
A portable tank apparatus, comprising:
- a tank body having a front, a rear and sides,
- an elongate beam member disposed at each side of the tank body to support the tank body on the ground,
- a transverse member extending between front portions of said beam members,
- a yoke rotatable relative to the transverse member for movement between a raised position and a lowered towing position,
- a pair of hingedly connected brace members, one pivotally mounted on the tank and the other hingedly connected therewith and with a yoke for pivotal movement,
- pivotal actuator means at the front of the tank to raise and lower the yoke by acting on the hinged connection between the brace members to move the yoke between a raised position and a lower position for towing of the tank,
- a second pair of brace members having a hinged connection therebetween, one pivotally mounted at the upper rear of the tank and the other pivotally mounted to the first and carrying rotatable ground wheels, said braces when aligned maintaining the ground wheels extended and supported on the ground, and
- at least one actuator pivotally mounted on the tank to act at the hinged connection between said braces to raise the wheels from the ground.
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A portable tank apparatus, comprising:
- a tank body having a front, a rear and sides,
- an elongate beam member disposed at each side of the tank body to support the tank body on the ground,
- spaced-apart beam members extending between plural portions of the tank body and said longitudinal base members to support the tank on the base members,
- a transverse member extending between front portions of said beam members,
- a yoke rotatable relative to the transverse member for movement between a raised position and a lowered towing position,
- a pair of hingedly connected brace members, one pivotally mounted on the tank and the other hingedly connected therewith and with a yoke for pivotal movement,
- pivotal actuator means at the front of the tank to raise and lower the yoke by acting on the hinged connection between the brace members to move the yoke between a raised position and a lower position for towing of the tank,
- a second pair of brace members having a hinged connection therebetween, one pivotally mounted at the upper rear of the tank and the other pivotally connected to the first and carrying rotatable ground wheels, said braces when aligned maintaining the ground wheels extended and supported on the ground, and
- at least one actuator pivotally mounted on the tank to act at the hinged connection between said braces to raise the wheels from the ground.
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A portable tank apparatus, comprising:
- a tank body having a front, a rear and sides,
- an elongate beam member disposed at each side of the tank body to support the tank body on the ground,
- a transverse member extending between front portions of said beam members,
- a yoke rotatable relative to the transverse member for movement between a raised position and a lowered towing position,
- a tubular member rotatable about said transverse member, said yoke being mounted thereon,
- a pair of hingedly connected brace members, one pivotally mounted on the tank and the other hingedly connected therewith and with a yoke for pivotal movement,
- pivotal actuator means at the front of the tank to raise and lower the yoke by acting on the hinged connection between the brace members to move the yoke between a raised position and a lower position for towing of the tank,
- a second pair of brace members having a hinged connection therebetween, one pivotally mounted at the upper rear of the tank and the other pivotally mounted to the first and carrying rotatable ground wheels, said braces when aligned maintaining the ground wheels extended and supported on the ground, and
- at least one actuator pivotally mounted on the tank to act at the hinged connection between said braces to raise the wheels from the ground.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.