Land vehicles: bodies and tops – Bodies – Stakes and sockets
Patent
1987-03-31
1988-03-22
Song, Robert R.
Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Bodies
Stakes and sockets
296 371, 296181, 280423R, 280770, 105347, B62D 2500
Patent
active
047324201
ABSTRACT:
An attachment for trucks, particularly tractor units associated with a flat bed trailer having removable side boards, headboard and tailgate with the attachment being in the form of a headache rack attached to the frame of the truck forwardly of the trailer and being constructed in part from the side boards, headboard and tailgate of the trailer when the trailer is converted to a flat bed arrangement. The rack includes supporting stands attached to the frame rails of the truck frame which support a bottom pan with sockets receiving the stakes of the trailer headboard and tailgate enclosing a space receiving the side boards and stakes together with a top cap removably securing these components in place. This structure enables a flat bed trailer with a side kit to be utilized with the side kit in place thereon or converted to flat bed use in which the side kit forms part of the headache rack and a storage compartment for conveniently storing some components of the side kit and providing an arrangement which complies with regulations which require a headache rack when the front bulkhead has been removed from a trailer or when a flat bed trailer is not provided with a front bulkhead to protect the truck operator from a forwardly shifting load.
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Miller Jeffery M.
O'Neil Lorraine B.
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