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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Fontaine Commercial Trailer, Inc., Haleyville, AL;
Inventor:
Gregory C. Benson, Pell City, AL (US);
Assignee:
Fontaine Commercial Trailer, Inc., Haleyville, AL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/46 (2006.01); B60D 1/167 (2006.01); B62D 53/06 (2006.01); B60D 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60D 1/1675 (2013.01); B60D 1/246 (2013.01); B60D 1/247 (2013.01); B62D 53/062 (2013.01); B62D 53/067 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A spreader bar includes a frame having a leading end and a trailing end. A pivot member is pivotally mounted to the trailing end of the frame and adapted to be removably connected to a spreader bogie. Spread links adapted to be removably connected to a trailer are pivotally and removably attached to the leading end of the frame. The length of the spreader bar may be changed by substituting spread links having different lengths.