Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Powered maneuverable and retractable trailer jack device
- Patent Title (中): 动力机动和可伸缩拖车千斤顶装置
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Application No.: US11324438Application Date: 2006-01-03
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Publication No.: US07494154B2Publication Date: 2009-02-24
- Inventor: Robert E. Richards , Mark J. Quintile
- Applicant: Robert E. Richards , Mark J. Quintile
- Agency: Roetzel & Andress
- Main IPC: B60D1/06
- IPC: B60D1/06 ; B60B11/10

Abstract:
A powered maneuverable and retractable trailer jack adapted for attachment to a tongue of a trailer has an external sleeve, a gear rack on an exterior of the external sleeve, a housing containing at least one gear engaged with the gear rack and operative to move the external sleeve relative to the housing, the housing including a mount configured for attachment to the tongue of a trailer whereby the external sleeve is laterally offset relative to the tongue of a trailer, an internal rod within the external sleeve, the internal rod extending through a wheel fork at a lower distal end of the internal rod and the external sleeve and attached to a drive gear which is engaged with a shaft gear upon a drive shaft rotationally mounted in the wheel fork, and a drive sprocket attached to the drive shaft, a wheel mounted upon an axle rotationally mounted within the wheel fork, and a wheel sprocket attached to the axle proximate to the wheel, and a chain which extends continuously from the wheel sprocket to the drive sprocket; the lateral offset of the trailer jack relative to the trailer tongue being equal to or greater than a width of the wheel fork.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070152425A1 Powered maneuverable and retractable trailer jack device Public/Granted day:2007-07-05
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