Anti-rollover device for trailers and mobile homes
OwnerDonald E. Cokeleyinventor
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Abstract
A rollover inhibitor to help prevent towed vehicles from rolling over while being towed in high winds. The device features a rotatable elongated member having a wheel on a distal end which engages to a frame mount adapted to engage the frame structure of towed vehicles such as mobile homes. When tipped by the wind, the wheel engaged to the member will prevent over rotation of the trailer around its axis and thereby inhibit the potential for rolling over. The wheel is spaced a distance from the road surface so as to only contact it if the trailer tips past a predetermined point.
Claims15
A rollover inhibitor apparatus for towed vehicles during travel over a road surface, comprising:
- an elongated member having an engagement end and a distal end opposite said engagement end;
- a frame mount, said frame mount adapted to provide means for attachment of said elongated member in an engaged position, to a frame supporting said towed vehicles;
- a wheel located at said distal end of said elongated member;
- means to adjust a position of said wheel a distance above said road surface;
- said engagement end of said elongated member rotationally engaged to said frame mount;
- said rotational engagement allowing a rotation of said elongated member, from an operating position substantially upright with said wheel at said distance above said road surface, to a rotated position increasing said distance above said road surface;
- means for frictional engagement of said frame mount with said elongated member, said frictional engagement providing a resistance to said rotation of said member;
- said rotation providing a means for said wheel to traverse over debris on said road surface larger than said distance above said road surface;
- means for translation of said distal end of said elongated member toward and away from said frame mount;
- means to bias said distal end of said elongated member away from said frame mount at a biasing force, wherein said distal end of said elongated member will translate toward said frame mount upon a contact with said road surface exceeding said force;
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- whereby the rollover inhibitor comprises a pair of said elongated members, each engaged to a pair of respective frame mounts which are respectively engaged upon said frame adjacent to opposing sides of said towed vehicle, will inhibit said towed vehicle from rolling over through a contact with said road surface during a tipping of said towed vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.