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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1978
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
James P Chatterley, Washington, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D / ; B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280 / ; 280 90 ; 2804 / ; 280492 ;
Abstract
A self steering two-wheel trailer including frame and hitch means for rigidly securing the trailer to a motor vehicle so as to be pivotable relative thereto in the vertical direction only, and adjustable link means pivotally connected between the wheels, the adjustable link means including tie bars axially aligned and interconnected at their inner ends by damper means suitable for responding to road load conditions upon reversing the direction of travel to automatically accommodate pivoting of the wheels to a toe-in attitude in the new direction of movement.