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US 7,726,679 B2Granted
Trailer alignment apparatus
OwnerWalter Bernard Albert Leuermanninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for maneuvering a trailer having jockey wheel assembly comprising a ground engaging wheel (33) rotatably mounted on an axle (34). The apparatus comprising a link member (20) which is adapted to be pivotally mounted on the jockey wheel assembly adjacent the axle (34) and a lever assembly (10) removably securable to said link (20) and adapted to engage a peripheral surface (39) of said wheel (33), whereby movement of said lever (10) rotates said wheel (33).
Claims8
An alignment apparatus for maneuvering a trailer having jockey wheel assembly comprising a ground engaging wheel, said apparatus comprising:
- a link member coupled to a lever assembly adapted to engage a peripheral surface of said wheel, wherein said wheel being rotatably mounted on a hollow axle;
- said link member adapted for insertion into said hollow axle to thereby pivotally mount the link member and lever assembly on the jockey wheel assembly;
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- whereby, upon insertion of the link member into said hollow axle, lateral movement of the lever assembly directs the wheel on a desired direction of travel and, upon the lever assembly engaging said wheel, rotation of the lever assembly about the pivotal mount acts to rotate the wheel for maneuvering the trailer in the desired direction of travel.
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