Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Trailer with adjustable elevation
- Patent Title (中): 可升高的拖车
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Application No.: US12308386Application Date: 2007-06-13
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Publication No.: US08172248B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: William Mark Tarahina Groves
- Applicant: William Mark Tarahina Groves
- Applicant Address: NZ Tauranga
- Assignee: Ground Loading Trailers Limited
- Current Assignee: Ground Loading Trailers Limited
- Current Assignee Address: NZ Tauranga
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: NZ547918 20060613
- International Application: PCT/NZ2007/000152 WO 20070613
- International Announcement: WO2007/145537 WO 20071221
- Main IPC: B60P1/02
- IPC: B60P1/02

Abstract:
A trailer having adjustable elevation is provided which includes a chassis 1 connected with a draw bar assembly 2 by a first linkage means, operating means 8 provided to raise or lower the chassis 1 relative to the draw bar assembly 2, second linkage means connecting pivotal wheel-mount assemblies 4 with the draw bar assembly 2 so that lowering and raising the chassis 1 provides a respective raising, and lowering of the wheel-mount assemblies 4 so that they can be retracted above the chassis 1, the first linkage means including a plurality of link arms 3 adapted to form a substantial parallelogram linkage, between the draw bar assembly 2 and the chassis 1, whereby the draw bar assembly 2 is permitted an arcuate range of motion relative to the chassis 1 while remaining substantially parallel therewith to enable the chassis to be engaged with the ground.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100019469A1 Trailer with adjustable elevation Public/Granted day:2010-01-28
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