Patent · US Expired

Fold back landing gear leg

US4108472A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 26, 1977
Grant dateAug 22, 1978
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Expiry dateApr 26, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60S9/04
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fold back landing gear in a trailer underframe including a pair of downwardly depending legs hinged to the underframe and selectively held in a vertical trailer supporting position and an essentially horizontal stowed position nestled within the trailer underframe by a longitudinally extending strut reciprocably carried within a clevis-like bracket depending from the trailer underframe and to which the strut may be affixed to secure the gear legs in their respective vertical and stowed positions.

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