Material or article handling – Self-loading or unloading vehicles – With load-receiving portion – or significant section thereof,...
Reexamination Certificate
2003-09-30
2009-11-17
Lowe, Michael S (Department: 3652)
Material or article handling
Self-loading or unloading vehicles
With load-receiving portion, or significant section thereof,...
C414S474000, C414S476000, C280S043130, C280S043230, C280S414500
Reexamination Certificate
active
07618227
ABSTRACT:
A trailer having a front and a rear. The trailer includes a frame constructed to receive a bed and a hitch attached to the frame at the front of the trailer. A tube is pivotally connected to the frame between the front and the rear of the trailer. First and second support arms are connected to the tube. Each wheel support arm has an axle and a wheel located at its distal end. The trailer further includes means for rotating the tube. In one embodiment, the trailer has an inclining feature and a shoe for ground engagement. The shoe is located vertically below a central axis of the tube and longitudinally between the wheels and the front of the trailer. In a second embodiment, the trailer has an inclining and elevating feature. In this second embodiment, the hitch is pivotally connected to the front of the trailer and there is provided means for rotating the tube and rotating the hitch relative to one another to elevate, incline, or decline the bed.
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Definition of actuator,“The Free Dictionary by Farlex”, www.thefreedictionary.com/actuator.
Damschen Charles A.
Hamilton Jay R.
Hamilton IP Law, PC
Lowe Michael S
The Advance Metal Working Company, Inc.
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