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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:
May. 19, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence A Botkin, Omaha, NE (US);
Mahmud K Javadi, Omaha, NE (US);
Assignee:
Fruehauf Trailer Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2804231 ; 280400 ; 298972 ; 296 30 ; 296182 ;
Abstract
A drop frame trailer in which the vertical webs of the beams in the joints between the gooseneck portion and a vertically extending portion are reinforced by welding generally triangularly shaped, unitary reinforcing members to the inboard and outboard sides thereof. The preferred reinforcing member is generally triangularly shaped and has a generally triangularly shaped opening positioned generally centrally therein. An alternative reinforcing member is generally hourglass shaped with no central opening therein.