Tiltable flatbed trailer improvement for side-by-side coupling
US5256024A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 25, 1992 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60P3/06
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A pair of tiltable, flatbed sport vehicle transport trailers coupled in side-by-side arrangement. The invention is a modification which employs a common drawage hitch, for coupling thereto a pair of trailer drawbars, an axle extender for coupling the hubs of the side-by-side arranged trailers to form a common axle and an optional modification of each trailer drawbar fixing mounts that allows the drawbars of the individual trailers to be canted, that is obliquely postured so that the centerlines of the drawbars will then converge at a common point, to which is proximately fixed the common drawage hitch. Thereafter, a towing vehicle will be coupled to the common drawage hitch and the side-by-side pair of trailers drawn as a single unit.
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