Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mechanism for automatically lifting a trailer drawbar support
- Patent Title (中): 自动提升拖车牵引支架的机构
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Application No.: US13834712Application Date: 2013-03-15
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Publication No.: US08840129B2Publication Date: 2014-09-23
- Inventor: Peter Edgeller , Craig Buxton
- Applicant: Clark Equipment Company
- Applicant Address: US NC Statesville
- Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
- Current Assignee: Clark Equipment Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Statesville
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- Main IPC: B60D1/66
- IPC: B60D1/66 ; B60S9/02 ; B60D1/155 ; B60S9/18

Abstract:
A trailer adapted to be coupled to a tow vehicle and including a frame including a draw bar tube defining a longitudinal axis. The trailer includes a drawbar support pivotally coupled to the draw bar tube and rotatable relative to the drawbar tube about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis. The drawbar support is biased toward a substantially horizontal orientation. A sliding member is receivable in the drawbar tube and is configured for movement along the longitudinal axis in response to movement of the tow vehicle. A latch member is connected to the sliding member. The latch member is configured to move in response to movement of the sliding member from a first position wherein the drawbar support is retained in a substantially vertical orientation to a second position wherein the draw bar support is free to rotate toward the substantially horizontal orientation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140035258A1 MECHANISM FOR AUTOMATICALLY LIFTING A TRAILER DRAWBAR SUPPORT Public/Granted day:2014-02-06
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