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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2006
Steven William Mann, Gardendale, AL (US);
Jeff Marcus Terry, Birmingham, AL (US);
James Matthew Rhodes, Pelham, AL (US);
Christopher Aaron Bond, Pinson, AL (US);
Steven William Mann, Gardendale, AL (US);
Jeff Marcus Terry, Birmingham, AL (US);
James Matthew Rhodes, Pelham, AL (US);
Christopher Aaron Bond, Pinson, AL (US);
Fontaine International, Irondale, AL (US);
Abstract
A fifth wheel with a removable bearing plate includes a load structure comprising frame walls and inner bracing, and including a plurality of flanges, each of said plurality of flanges having an aperture disposed therethrough, said load structure also having at least two pivot bearings; and a bearing plate having a plurality of fasteners extending from an underside of said bearing plate disposed at locations corresponding to the disposition of said apertures configured to permit removable attachment of said bearing plate to said load structure and plurality of ridges disposed upon the underside to form a seat for said frame walls.