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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:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas A. Pratt, Edinburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Miller Industries Towing Equipment, Inc., Ooltewah, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P 1/04 ;
Abstract
An improved carrier which includes a hinged bed in order to decrease the load or approach angle on vehicle to be towed. The carrier also includes a lock which can hold the bed in a flat or planar position as a conventional straight deck, and a cable guide which directs the tow cable along the surface of the articulated bed to avoid contact with the vehicle to be towed.