Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1987-05-11
1989-04-25
Mitchell, David M.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
16 42T, 2481889, 248352, 254419, 254DIG1, 2807631, B60S 900
Patent
active
048241369
ABSTRACT:
Landing gear for a vehicle such as a trailer, comprising a leg, a foot at the lower end of the leg adapted for engagement with the ground, a pair of generally channel-shaped members forming a tube which extends up from the foot and telescopically receives the lower end of the leg, the members being generally symmetric about a central vertical plane of the tube, an elastomeric member disposed in the tube between the lower end of the leg and the foot, and a bearing plate in the tube interposed between the elastomeric member and the lower end of the leg. The tube is attached to the lower end of the leg to permit limited telescopic movement of the leg and the foot whereby the foot is adapted to move upwardly relative to the leg as the landing gear accepts the weight of the vehicle thereby resiliently to compress the elastomeric member between the foot and the bearing plate. A method of making the foot and tube of the landing gear is also disclosed.
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Mitchell David M.
The Binkley Company
Watts Charles R.
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